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Australian Facebook users to share $50m payment after privacy scandal

Australian Facebook users to share $50m payment after privacy scandal

Meta has agreed to a record settlement with Australia’s information commissioner, ending years of legal proceedings over Facebook’s infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal.

  • by David Swan

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Could Trump spark another financial crisis?
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Could Trump spark another financial crisis?

Some of Wall Street’s most powerful people are still celebrating the president-elect’s victory, but they should be wary.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Fast-tracking gas, cutting red tape, unlocking super investment: Allan makes pitch to business

Fast-tracking gas, cutting red tape, unlocking super investment: Allan makes pitch to business

The premier unveiled Victoria’s Economic Growth Statement, outlining how her government would seek to boost the private sector and encourage investment.

  • by Kieran Rooney and Carla Jaeger
She once admitted her own Insta weakness. Now she’s banning social media for kids

She once admitted her own Insta weakness. Now she’s banning social media for kids

Known for taking such a cautious approach that she reads from notes even in private meetings, Michelle Rowland is now leading the world with her social media ban for under 16s.

  • by Paul Sakkal
‘The sky is the limit now’: Bitcoin surges past $US100,000 in Trump rally

‘The sky is the limit now’: Bitcoin surges past $US100,000 in Trump rally

The cryptocurrency has boomed following the election victory of Donald Trump, who has promised to usher in pro-crypto regulation in the US.

  • by David Swan
Australia banned children from social media and the world was watching – very closely

Australia banned children from social media and the world was watching – very closely

How the world reacted to Australia’s new law to keep children safe.

  • by Rob Harris
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Scammed and stranded in the city – by predatory taxi drivers
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Scammed and stranded in the city – by predatory taxi drivers

A night out at a concert; time to catch a cab home. But these taxi drivers want to scam everyone. Do they consider the danger facing those they leave stranded?

  • by Tony Wright
‘Not good enough’: Meta probe flagged as fake Albanese makes Facebook comeback
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‘Not good enough’: Meta probe flagged as fake Albanese makes Facebook comeback

Meta said it deleted scam ads featuring the PM and targeting Australians, but within days they were back. Now the government is taking a closer look.

  • by Aisha Dow
Australians illegally charged billions of dollars in merchant fees by federal government
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Australians illegally charged billions of dollars in merchant fees by federal government

Millions of small fees amounting to billions of dollars have been charged for two decades, dating back to the Howard government era.

  • by Chris O'Keefe
The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers

The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers

Using the world’s biggest search platform to find information on scams can deliver victims straight into the arms of criminals.

  • by Aisha Dow and Charlotte Grieve
‘Psychopaths are the best’: Confessions from inside the scam industry

‘Psychopaths are the best’: Confessions from inside the scam industry

From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery, the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.

  • by Aisha Dow

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