Radio making waves over Google, Facebook ad data
Commercial Radio Australia wants the regulator to look at any attempts that would result in a concentration of data.
Big Tech
How Facebook pushed aside dissenters
Mark Zuckerberg has recast Facebook’s board and, as pandemic grips the globe, is more firmly in charge than he’s been for years.
Google offers hope for big tech
A rise in revenue at Google’s parent suggests Silicon Valley might weather the pandemic better than others in the corporate world.
Amazon used data from sellers
Amazon.com employees have used data about independent sellers on the company’s platform to develop competing products.
Watchdog given green light to pursue Facebook
The Information Commissioner has been given the green light to pursue Facebook in the Federal Court over a data breach.
Facebook “superspreads” virus falsehoods
Facebook has been outed as a “superspreader” of COVID-19 misinformation despite its attestations it is doing the right thing.
Bill Gates attacked online
Attacks on the Microsoft co-founder have intensified and come from a broad range of combatants including antivaccine groups and conspiracy theorists.
Google this: tech giants told to pay up for content
Google and Facebook will be forced to pay media companies for siphoned news content under world-first laws by the government.
Virus, big tech a ‘one-two’ blow for media
ACCC chair Rod Sims says media organisations have been dealt a double blow by tech giants and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazon to hire 100,000
Amazon says it needs to hire 100,000 people across the US to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads.
Google, Facebook under the ACCC microscope
Australia’s competition regulator has kicked off its investigation into advertising technology services by Google and Facebook.
Facebook sued, at risk of $1bn fine
Facebook faces the threat of a $1bn-plus fine for exposing the personal data of more than 300,000 Australians.
Digital behemoths should pay up
Platforms such as Google and Facebook are undermining credible journalism.
Tech giants pilfering news content must be made pay
Our vibrant democracy needs strong, sustainable media.
Watchful eye on the metadata watchers
There’s concern that our data retention law is spiralling out of control and that Australians’ privacy is being compromised.
Sims warns on Big Tech growth
The explosive acquisition-fuelled growth of the world’s large digital platforms is posing a significant challenge, Rod Sims says.
Global approach ‘a must’ for BigTech regulation
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants tax reform and says he’s glad the OECD is looking at the issue.
AFP could out uncooperative tech giants
The AFP Commissioner says he’s prepared to name and shame companies that block authorities from identifying insidious criminals.
Digital giants to face checks
Tech titans forced to explain how they use the data of consumers for highly personalised ads ACCC inquiry.
Zuckerberg may have lost face but his company’s books are bulging
The problem when you have two billion users is that a few of them are going to be mass killers.
Facebook stays with gunman for hours
The soldier who massacred at least 26 people was able to post photos and videos for five hours.
Onus on tech giants to pay up
This year will be a pivotal one for journalism as news publishers and the big tech companies work together for a positive future.
Facebook lashed for rising scam ads
Facebook has been urged to take urgent action to stop scam ads that use real news sites to lure people to part with their money.
News Corp launches new service
News Corp’s Knewz.com is a news aggregation website aimed at competing with platforms like Google News.
France ‘buckles’ on tech tax
France and the US strike truce on taxing digital giants, averting a trade war on the issue – at least for now.
UK to curb Google, Facebook’s power
Britain’s competition watchdog is following Australia’s lead, flagging new regulation for big tech.
Facebook ‘morally bankrupt’
Peter Dutton hits out at Facebook as it pushes ahead with an end-to-end encryption plan for messaging services.
Tech giants ordered to pay for news content
Google and Facebook have been told to strike a deal with media companies to pay for their content or face tough new rules.
Copyright moves win media backing
Foxtel and Seven West Media have backed the Morrison government’s decision to review copyright enforcement tools.
Sims’s new unit to bring the heat
A new ACCC unit will monitor and report on competition and consumer protection within digital platforms.
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