September
You can now control your teenager’s Instagram use
Users aged under 16 will soon find themselves in restricted “Teen Accounts”, giving guardians authority over the content they see on the social media app.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
April
‘Enemy of the people’: Musk lashes out at Lambie
X owner Elon Musk has continued his attacks on Australian politicians ahead of a Federal Court hearing on Wednesday about violent content on the platform.
- Tom McIlroy
January
- Opinion
- Social media
There’s only one thing worse than WhatsApp – and that’s a WhatsApp group
Instant messaging services have now made the very idea of just calling someone unacceptable.
- William Sitwell
January 2022
Need relief from screen time stress? There’s an app for that
Mindfulness start-ups seem like a lucrative solution to problems the tech sector created – but are they simply adding fuel to the fire?
- Elaine Moore
How your social media habits affect your children’s
A child psychologist who gave up her online presence explains why parents must consider the example they set.
- Rosie Taylor
March 2021
‘Zuckering’ and ‘roach motels’: Why shoppers need more protection
There are growing calls to stop ‘unfair’ e-commerce practices that manipulate shoppers, but the move to introduce better protections has stalled.
- Tom Burton
January 2021
Parents fret as screen time soars
The pandemic has driven children to spend more time using devices and less time in physical play.
- Matt Richtel
December 2020
Australians back crackdown on COVID-19 anti-vaxxers
An Australian poll shows that 85 per cent of respondents feel misleading claims about a vaccine will discourage people from being vaccinated.
- Jill Margo
February 2020
Inside Aussie Instagram high flyer's app-driven life
With a demanding job and three kids, Facebook and Instagram powerhouse Naomi Shepherd likes to get the most from every minute of her day.
- Natasha Gillezeau
December 2019
Six things to do before New Year for a safer digital life in 2020
Hackers just need one password to break in and steal your digital data so if you use the same one over and over again, you're asking for trouble. Here are some other tips to make your online life safer and better next year.
- Jefferson Graham
Apple, Google, Amazon want one language for smart devices
The three rivals want internet-connected homes to be easier and safer, but the move could raise privacy and security questions.
- Mark Gurman and Gerrit De Vynck
Facebook tests tool to move photos to rival sites
Facebook is starting the project in Ireland with Google, hardly a small upstart, but said that it would expand it to other photo services and other parts of the world by June.
- Adam Satariano
Going for a new job? Here's how to clean up your digital footprint
The highs and woes of a life lived online are well known, but there are ways to spruce up your embarrassing digital footprint for when you are inevitably Googled.
- Natasha Gillezeau
November 2019
LinkedIn removes 21 million fake accounts
LinkedIn, the social network best known for job-hunters and recruiters, is grappling with fake accounts, violent content and even child exploitation.
- Cat Zakrzewski
October 2019
The man cleaning up by removing revenge porn
Nick Bell first found success by accentuating the positive. Now he's found a niche in eliminating the negative, as Removify is in demand for revenge porn removal.
- Updated
- Michael Bailey
August 2019
Apple says sorry for listening in on Siri conversations
The maker of iPhones says it has failed to live up to what it says are its own 'high ideals' on protecting privacy of its customers.
- Mae Anderson
Is your smartphone making you lose the plot?
A new survey of 12,500 people showed 68 per cent have lost track of a TV show after checking their mobile phone while watching it. Here are eight solutions.
- Helen Chandler-Wilde
July 2019
We won't stand in the way of regulation: Facebook
With an ACCC report looming after the events of Christchurch and Cambridge Analytica, Facebook admits it is bracing for a wave of regulation around the globe.
- John Davidson
June 2019
- Opinion
- Privacy
Time to regulate facial recognition technology
Even if resistance ultimately proves futile, it is well worth fighting against the indiscriminate deployment of automatic facial recognition systems.
- John Thornhill
May 2019
Do we need to record everything we do?
This is an age of catalogues, playlists and cultural inventory so many people have become hoarders, devoted to their own specialist fields.
- Ian Leslie