More pain to come after Noni B, Millers close
Retailers are being buffeted by a weak economy and also online marketplaces like Facebook, so March looms as decision-making time for lenders to financially struggling chains.
Woman’s Facebook post before attack: cops
A woman allegedly made a request on Facebook before carrying out an anti-Semitic attack in an affluent Sydney suburb, according to police.
Warning as scammers use fake AusPost link
A fresh warning has been released about an online scam where fraudsters use fake Australia Post links to defraud sellers on Facebook Marketplace.
Angry Liberals cry foul over mother and son Facebook act
Every mother wants the best for her son but a senior Liberal has been accused of betraying the party to give her pride and joy a leg-up in politics.
Harry and Meghan criticise Meta for ending fact checks
The statement comes days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were accused of being ‘disaster tourists’ during the Los Angeles wildfires.
Meta’s big update on Aussie election
The social media giant’s update comes a week after it said it was ending fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta rebuffs banks’ call for help on scam pages
The Australian Banking Association has called for changes to mooted anti-scam laws, singling out social media platforms for failing to stop criminal operators.
‘Very dangerous’: Warning on Meta move
Meta’s move to scrap fact-checking from its Facebook and Instagram platforms is triggering alarm bells in Canberra.
Rowland slams Meta, backs news outlets
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says the need for trusted information has ‘never been more important’, after Meta axed independent fact-checking.
‘Welcome to the party’: X boss cheers Meta’s end to fact-checking
The CEO of Elon Musk’s X says ‘legacy’ news media has become ‘almost a fan service’ as she welcomes Meta’s decision to call time on fact-checking.
‘Free speech’: Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook, Insta
Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot comes as he looks to align himself with the incoming Trump administration, and after the President-elect’s ally Dana White was named a director of the Meta board.
Facebook posts mysteriously disappear
Tech behemoth Meta says a technical error caused mental health support posts from Australian LGBTQIA+ groups to be pulled offline.
‘Ambiguity’: Courier backs drug testing but calls for greater clarity
Former Australian Open champion Jim Courier has backed drug testing in tennis but has called on the game’s officials to communicate better in the wake of criticism from Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic.
Social media companies have no ‘moral lens’: Dutton
Peter Dutton has used his apperance on a popular podcast to say that tech giants, like Facebook, ‘gave us the middle finger’ when the former government sought to curb child exploitation material.
Barefoot Investor: ‘How I took on the fake Scott Pape scammers’
Barefoot Investor tried to uncover Facebook’s fake Scott Pape scammers but it all descended into chaos with his wife away, the kids sick and German backpackers running his farm.
Meta agrees to huge payout for Aussies
Tech giant Meta has agreed to pay out a whopping sum to Australians who were impacted by a major privacy scandal.
ASX 200 lifts; PEXA gains; Data#3 falls
Data#3 down after flagging Microsoft hit. PEXA soars on change of guard. BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto pick site for smelting pilot plant. House prices to stall next year: HSBC. Meta settles Aus privacy breach case.
Tech giants must pay for content
News coverage, debate and information have rarely mattered more, and tech giants are not entitled to gouge content produced professionally, often at a high cost, by media companies.
Australia’s huge tax threat to Meta over news
The belligerent owner of Facebook and Instagram could be slapped with huge tax charges if it walks away from paying news publishers.
Huge outage shuts down social media
Meta has suffered a major outage, with people across the globe reporting Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp being down.
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