Tag: digital platforms

ACCC keeps heat on govt for long-delayed tech crackdown

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog says she will continue to closely monitor digital markets, as her wait for new intervention powers from the Albanese government enters a fourth year....

TIO seeks extended powers to cover digital platforms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has renewed calls for government to extend its authority to include the handling of complaints about social media and other digital platforms. The TIO, which...

French court probes TikTok for algorithms promoting suicide

Posted on   |  by Geert De Clercq
French judicial authorities have opened an investigation into Chinese social media platform TikTok and the risks of its algorithms pushing young people into suicide. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau on...

Misinformation now a public safety crisis: Maria Ressa

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Information integrity should be treated with the same seriousness as food safety or air quality, Nobel laureate Maria Ressa told the National Press Club on Monday, warning that unchecked...

Gig Guide: Assistant Treasurer to leave parliament

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will not recontest the next federal election, leaving the frontbench amid the federal government’s renewed push to get social media giants to pay for news....

$50m fines proposed for social media scam slackers

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Social media companies failing to fight scams on their platforms will be subject to fines of up to $50 million under a new framework brought before Parliament on Thursday....

Labor-led committee calls for single Digital Affairs minister

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A Labor-led parliamentary committee has urged the federal government to appoint a Digital Affairs minister to coordinate the regulation of social media and other digital platforms, including across privacy,...

Industry veteran Luke Coleman is new CommsAlliance CEO

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Telecommunications industry veteran Luke Coleman has been appointed as chief executive officer at the Communications Alliance, the industry association for the telco sector. He takes over the role from...