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Sweeping reforms needed for Big Tech bargaining code

Big Tech companies should be automatically designated under the media bargaining code and ministerial discretion scrapped in order to avoid the initiative being a “missed opportunity”, a new Reset...

ACCC is suing Meta for crypto scam ads. Here’s why it may be liable

23 March 2022 | by Katharine Kemp

On the last day of his 11 years as chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims announced the commission is bringing a “world-first” claim against...

Consumer watchdog takes Meta to court over crypto ‘scams’

18 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s competition and consumer regulator is taking technology giant Meta to court over allegedly misleading cryptocurrency “scam” advertisements that ran on its platforms. The ads included images of high-profile...

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

15 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Digital rights groups have blasted Facebook’s latest commitment to clean up the federal election as a “bandaid” measure framed in a way to avoid more scrutiny of the company’s...

Govt’s ‘anti-troll’ reform will encourage defamation: Facebook

7 March 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Reforms aimed at giving Australians more avenues to address defamatory comments made against them would actually “embolden” people to make more defamatory comments, according to Facebook parent company Meta....

Big Tech media bargaining code review begins before govt activates it

1 March 2022 | by Denham Sadler

A review has been launched into the Big Tech media bargaining code, before the federal government has formally activated it. The News Media Bargaining Code came into effect in...

ABC iview account required from March despite privacy warnings

17 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

ABC’s 3 million iview users will need to have a user account by mid-March to continue watching as part of the public broadcaster’s “personalisation” push. The accounts track user...

Federal Court rules against Facebook on Cambridge Analytica appeal

7 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Facebook has lost its Federal Court appeal against a ruling that it is breached privacy laws by tracking Australian users and failing to protect the data. The American tech...

Facebook whistleblower ‘deeply sceptical’ of Australia’s online safety laws

3 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The former Facebook worker who blew the whistle on the company’s disregard for user safety last year is “deeply sceptical” of Australia’s co-regulation approach to online platforms, advocating instead...

Election footing as PM lashes Big Tech on regulation

12 November 2021 | by James Riley

The Prime Minister has applied a blow-torch to Big Tech at the G20 CEO Summit in Auckland, demanding the tech giants come up with industry codes of practice that...

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Sweeping reforms needed for Big Tech bargaining code

ACCC is suing Meta for crypto scam ads. Here’s why it may be liable

Consumer watchdog takes Meta to court over crypto ‘scams’

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

Govt’s ‘anti-troll’ reform will encourage defamation: Facebook

Big Tech media bargaining code review begins before govt activates it

ABC iview account required from March despite privacy warnings

Federal Court rules against Facebook on Cambridge Analytica appeal

Facebook whistleblower ‘deeply sceptical’ of Australia’s online safety laws

Election footing as PM lashes Big Tech on regulation

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