Tag: Facebook

Fresh calls for an inquiry into COVIDSafe app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
COVIDSafe did nothing to help combat the second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria, according to a state parliament report, while a federal Parliamentary committee has called for an independent...

Room to wriggle: Big Tech media bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
For most of this year, the federal government has been stuck between a rock and a News Corp after announcing plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for...

Stiglitz backs Australia’s Big Tech media code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz has thrown his support behind Australia’s proposed mandatory news bargaining code for big tech companies, but said the...

RBA eyes wave of digital sovereign currencies

Posted on   |  by Liam Tung
When Facebook backed the Libra cryptocurrency in 2019, governments around the world took notice. Libra still hasn’t launched, but the Facebook cryptocurrency and China’s digital Yuan pilot are prompting...

ACCC chief seeks tighter Big Tech regulation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Competition tsar Rod Sims has pushed for further regulation of Big Tech, including strengthened merger rules and unfair practices prohibitions. Mr Sims, the chair of the Australian Competition and...

Govt must prepare for life after Big Tech: Report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government needs to fast-track significant privacy reforms, put a cap on contracts handed to tech giants and invest in the startup sector in order to address an over-reliance...

Why copying Facebook is a bad idea for govt

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
It has been widely reported that the MyGov update will take on a social media Facebook like look and features. The ‘beta’ version certainly has a Facebook vibe to...

Govt cut ABC and SBS from tech news code: Sims

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It was the government’s decision to exclude the ABC and SBS from the news content bargaining code with Google and Facebook rather than the competition watchdog which designed the...

News ‘uneconomic’ under govt plan: Facebook

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It would be uneconomical for Facebook to continue to allow news content on its platform in Australia if government goes ahead with its planned bargaining code, and publishers should...