Tag: Facebook

Social media plan backlash

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A federal government plan to block sites hosting “extreme and violent content” during a crisis event has been labelled a “dangerous proposition” by digital rights advocates, with the Coalition...

Disruption and democracy: Shetler

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Serious action is needed now to curb the power of the global tech giants and Australia should be leading the way with a series of reforms, according to former...

Petre warns on ACCC tech report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The competition watchdog’s proposed changes to merger laws would hurt Australia tech companies and lead to entrepreneurs relocating overseas, according to AirTree Ventures co-founder Daniel Petre. The ACCC’s final...

US antitrust move to follow ACCC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just weeks before the Australian government publicly releases the final report from the ACCC’s landmark tech platforms inquiry, the US government has opened its own review of the market...

New social media laws “pointless”

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s new social media laws it plans to rush through Parliament this week are “heavy-handed and pointless”, according to former government digital lead Paul Shetler. The federal government...

Microsoft acts on extremist content

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has called for the tech sector to put aside rivalries and work together to better moderate and remove extremist content in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack....

Simson fears for small biz marketers

Posted on   |  by Seamus Byrne
Something needs to be done about the concentration of digital advertising around Facebook and Google, with both regularly changing the rules so there is little consistency or clarity, according...

Self-regulation has been a disaster

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The only way to mitigate the consistent and persistent “negative externalities” of Facebook and other social media platforms is through government intervention. Self-regulation has been a disaster for the...

Tech giants reject ACCC report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Tech giants Google and Facebook have unsurprisingly rejected the Australian competition watchdog’s proposed “algorithm regulator”, the key recommendation from its “world-first” inquiry into digital platforms. The two companies, which...