Tag: Facebook

Tech giants launch SME support platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new website has been launched offering free services from global tech giants for Australian businesses trying to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian Information Industry Association...

CLOUD Act data sharing deal concerns

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There are calls for the federal government to put on hold its plans to secure a data-sharing deal with the US during the coronavirus pandemic so proper scrutiny can...

Privacy chief takes Facebook to Federal Court

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Social network giant Facebook is facing the prospect of fines of more than $1 billion in Australia in relation to privacy breaches that date back six years to the...

Gov’t responds to digital platform inquiry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The competition watchdog gets an additional $27 million to fund a new unit to monitor Facebook and Google, while new codes of conduct will be developed and the Privacy...

Facebook rejects Dutton encryption request

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Facebook has directly rejected an Australian Government request for the social media giant to halt plans to introduce end-to-end encryption to all its messaging services. Home Affairs Minister Peter...

Fletcher heaps pressure on Big Tech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Tech giants need to “step up” and do more to combat the “significant disconnect” between the expectations of the community and what they actually deliver, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher...

Albo on ‘echo chambers’ and fake news

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Anthony Albanese has thrown down the gauntlet to the world’s biggest social media companies, with the Opposition Leader saying that the breaking down of “echo chambers” and efforts to...

Australia ramps up encryption fight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government has ramped up its fight against the big global tech companies and the various encryption services the offer as part of a push to pressure Facebook...

Tech giants’ new anti-terror group

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Tech giants Facebook and Microsoft have launched an independent organisation to combat online radicalisation and violent terrorist content and “thwart increasingly sophisticated attempts” to abuse digital platforms. The Global...