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NewsMax Australia recently rebranded after striking a licensing agreement with the American news network with the same name, and is yet to officially launch its live-streaming news channel.

Right-wing media platform temporarily switched off by Facebook

The right-wing media start-up account, which was offline for more than a day, was reinstated on Thursday, with Facebook owner Meta saying it was deactivated as an error.

  • Calum Jaspan

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On TikTok, there’s only one winner from Trump’s tariff death spiral with China

First came the AI-generated videos depicting Americans working in sweatshops. Since then, it’s been open slather, gifting Beijing a PR win.

  • Lisa Visentin
Facebook said it has deployed a combination of technologies to restrict news content.

Apple and Meta hit with €700 million fines in Europe under new digital rules

European Union watchdogs just fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros in a move that could inflame trade tensions with the US.

  • Kelvin Chan
Parent WhatsApp groups are renowned for becoming hotbeds of gossip and bullying.

‘Diabolically bad’: When parents’ school WhatsApp groups turn toxic

Gossip and bullying pile-ons are turning parents’ WhatsApp groups into a battleground, and schools are being urged to fight back.

  • Nicole Precel
Mark Zuckerberg described the creation of the Facebook news feed in 2006 to facilitate “real connections to actual friends.”

‘Killer acquisitions’: Zuckerberg first witness in landmark US antitrust case

The billionaire owner of Meta said in federal court that his company’s social networks weren’t just about friends.

  • Josh Sisco and Kurt Wagner
Meta is using the work of Australian authors, without consent or payment, to train artificial intelligence.

I didn’t expect my book to make money, but Meta has stolen my work

For most authors (myself included), writing a book is rarely profitable, which makes Meta’s alleged use of books to train their AI systems a tough read.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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Even as he rocked the world with his tariff announcement, Donald Trump attempted to sell America to rich would-be immigrants with a $US5 million gold for a fast track to citizenship.

Is this the beginning of the end for Trump?

Cracks are appearing in Donald Trump’s armour. Let’s consider his self-inflicted wounds.

  • Bruce Wolpe
Thumb’s up … to no good.

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

So you’ve never had this condition, “texting thumb”? Keep scrolling – and scrolling – and you’ll get the feel of it.

  • Cherie Gilmour
WA authors Natasha Lester, Holden Sheppard and Rachael Johns. Pictures: Supplied

‘Holding us hostage’: WA authors’ horror as Meta uses their pirated work

Writers across Perth and Australia are reeling at stolen copies of their books being used without permission or compensation. But can they leave this toxic relationship?

  • Emma Young
Barbie Ferreira stars as Lily in Bob Trevino Likes It. 

The woman who mistook a stranger for her dad, and made a film about it

Tracie Laymon ‘liked’ her estranged father on Facebook, and he liked her back. Except it wasn’t her dad. But relax: this story has a happy ending.

  • Karl Quinn

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