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How did they get my data? The hidden web behind telemarketers

Last year, I started getting a lot of unsolicited phone calls, mainly from people trying to sell me things. This came as a surprise because, as a data scientist,...

Social media giants are ‘vast surveillance’ operations

20 September 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

Social media giants like Facebook and X are “vast surveillance” operations that collect, trade and hold troves of people’s data, the US consumer and competition watchdog has found after...

ACMA flags new misinformation metrics for Big Tech

8 February 2024 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s communications regulator is developing a new set of metrics to boost visibility of the actions social media giants like Meta and TikTok are taking to combat harmful misinformation...

Authors and artists take the fight to Big Tech on AI

24 November 2023 | by Chris Griffith

Professional associations covering artists, authors and publishers have hit out at calls by big tech firms for Australia to water down its copyright law, and to allow for cheap...

Voice misinformation waived through by platforms: Report

26 September 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Online platforms Facebook, TikTok and Twitter are allowing misinformation about the Voice to Parliament to run as paid advertisements, raising fresh questions about content moderation ahead of new regulator...

Ban social media platforms that fail transparency tests: Senate inquiry

1 August 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government should be handed powers to ban social media providers from operating in Australia if they repeatedly fail to meet minimum transparency requirements, a bipartisan senate committee...

Big Tech misinformation reports ‘not working’: ACMA

26 July 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Misinformation reports produced by digital platform providers like Meta, Twitter and TikTok under the voluntary industry code are “not working to provide transparency”, the communications watchdog has argued in...

Govt to receive strategy for ‘authoritarian tech vendors’

12 July 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The Department of Home Affairs is preparing advice for the Albanese government on the risks of “authoritarian vendors” after departments spent the last six months ripping out security equipment...

Transparency is more than a buzzword in the disinformation fight

1 June 2023 | by Sunita Bose

If you think ‘transparency’ is a buzzword, you’d be easily forgiven. We regularly hear calls and commitments to corporate transparency and, while we know it’s a good thing, do...

Meta maintains ‘significant’ market power in Australia: ACCC

28 April 2023 | by Brandon How

Meta maintains significant market power in Australia despite the entry and popularity of TikTok, as well as smaller platforms like BeReal, according to a new report by the Australian...

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How did they get my data? The hidden web behind telemarketers

Social media giants are ‘vast surveillance’ operations

ACMA flags new misinformation metrics for Big Tech

Authors and artists take the fight to Big Tech on AI

Voice misinformation waived through by platforms: Report

Ban social media platforms that fail transparency tests: Senate inquiry

Big Tech misinformation reports ‘not working’: ACMA

Govt to receive strategy for ‘authoritarian tech vendors’

Transparency is more than a buzzword in the disinformation fight

Meta maintains ‘significant’ market power in Australia: ACCC

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