Opinion
Social media
Stop blaming social media and take the phone off your kids
If your teenager is raging out of control because you haven’t enforced strong enough boundaries around devices, maybe it’s time to stop blaming social media and look in the mirror.
- by Nicole Jameson
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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
Tech whistleblowers urged to come forward and expose corporate wrongdoing
Despite high-profile cases such as WiseTech and Grok Academy, Australia has yet to experience the “whistleblowing wave” sweeping through Silicon Valley and Europe.
- by David Swan
Analysis
Social media
Social media gorged itself on a free lunch of news. The buffet could be over
The Albanese government will levy social media companies that don’t pay up. It’s trying to succeed where Canada failed.
- by James Massola
Updated
Social media
Pay up by January 1 or face huge penalties, government tells Zuckerberg
Labor plans to legislate a yearly charge in the tens of millions of dollars on big social media platforms to fund journalism.
- by Paul Sakkal and Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Social media
To bring Facebook into line, the government’s going nuclear
The Albanese government is raising the stakes in its attempt to push tech giants to pay Australian media companies for content.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Social media
I supported the Facebook exodus … until my birthday rolled around
I rarely miss Facebook. But when I jolt awake at 3am realising it was my mum’s birthday the day before, and I missed it, I do lament what was lost.
- by Wendy Syfret
Exclusive
Social media
Australia fights back against Zuckerberg with social media penalty fees
Labor will force big tech companies to pay for Australian news after Facebook’s owner refused to continue deals delivering about $200 million annually to the media.
- by David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Meta bows to pressure to crack down on blatant scam ads
The social media giant has faced mounting calls to improve ad verification after a probe by this masthead revealed it had been accepting money from obvious scammers.
- by Aisha Dow
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
‘A cheap magic trick’: Amazon, Google, Meta accused of dodging Senate questions
ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Meta’s Llama should be deemed “high risk”, a Senate committee has found, with executives in the firing line for their appearances.
- by David Swan
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/facebook-5wz