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.
Social media giants ‘to pay up or else’
Facebook and other social media companies will have hefty levies imposed on them by the federal government if they refuse to negotiate deals with Australian news companies and pay to use their content online.
Labor grants ACCC powers for digital platform crackdown
The federal government will formally back the competition regulator’s request for new powers to regulate digital platforms like Apple, Google and Facebook.
Labor grants ACCC new powers to crack down on digital platforms
The federal government will formally back the competition regulator’s request for new powers to regulate digital platforms like Apple, Google and Facebook, including service specific codes of conduct.
Social media ban fails to teach children how to think
The Albanese government’s social media ban oversimplifies a complex problem and, crucially, fails to teach children how to think critically and make us a smarter nation.
Social media ban ‘dangerous’ and ‘clumsy’ tech experts warn
Meta says every social media app will have to start collecting Australian children’s biometric and personal identification data to comply with new laws that experts warn risk dooming the country to digital illiteracy.
Albo’s boast after ‘shenanigans’ on new laws
Australia has effectively passed some of the world’s strictest regulations for social media use, which will put teens and social media giants on notice.
Block children or face $50m fines, social media giants told
Instagram, Facebook and X will face fines of up to $50m for breaching Labor’s proposed social media ban for under-16s, with the government telling the platforms to protect young Australians.
‘Wicked problem’: Forrest backs sweeping changes to rein in Facebook
Andrew Forrest has backed sweeping changes a parliamentary inquiry has recommended to plug a legal loophole and force Facebook owner Meta and other social media giants to comply with Australia’s laws.
Westpac demands Meta does more to combat scammers
Westpac has identified groups openly offering on Facebook to sell stolen bank login information but, despite reporting the pages to Meta, nothing has been done.
Ex-MP’s defo payout over Star Wars slur
A former Qld Labor MP and a woman have been ordered to pay a lobby group boss thousands in damages after a judge found they defamed him in Facebook posts, with one caricature comparing him to Jabba the Hutt.
Alleged ‘police stalker’ a family violence expert
Accused ‘Facebook stalker’ Caitlin Schiavone graduated with a masters degree in family violence before landing her ‘dream job’ at Victoria Police.
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