Where to watch the oldest horse race in England
This 7.3km event has been going since 1519 when Henry VIII was on the throne and anyone can enter.
Inside booming ‘tea sharing’ groups
Social media groups all over Australia are warning women about potentially dangerous men because dating sites don’t, but the risk they run to do so is huge.
How to be scam proof
Some of the old tricks to vet people no longer apply. What to do now.
Family dealt ‘sick’ blow after teen dies
A family grieving the loss of their teenage son have been targeted by heartless scammers in the days after his death.
Balcony with single bed going for sad price
A landlord is attempting to rent out a balcony fitted out with a single bed in a bizarre Facebook advert.
Resist big tech’s blackmail threat
Meta executives are denying social media harms young people
Meta could pull all news in Australia
Tech giant Meta will not be transparent on whether it will eventually pull all news from its platforms and also conceded that its social media platforms have ‘not harmed’ children.
Female bureaucrats short-changed on pay
Think working in the public service guarantees gender pay equality? Think again.
‘Don’t care what it costs’: Forrest scores win against Meta
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says he will spend ‘whatever it takes’ after securing a strategic win in a US court where he is suing the Facebook owner for failing to stop scams using his name.
‘Cesspit’: Teen ban raises questions
The Coalition wants to restrict children’s social media use through a tightened age verification scheme, but there are questions about how it will work.
Paralysed Aussie’s ‘shabby’ airline compo
Victims and lawyers have criticised Singapore Airlines’ compensation scheme after the fatal extreme turbulence event last month.
Pair accused of Facebook scam
The pair have been accused of staging a robbery during the sale of a designer handbag, set up via Facebook Marketplace.
Barefoot: Zuck a chef serving dopamine-soaked donuts
Barefoot investor Scott Pape says Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a chef “serving us up dopamine-soaked donuts”.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, says it’s cracking down on fake celebrity financial scams, yet the response I got when I reported several scam ads suggests otherwise.
Time to stop the online wild west
Tech companies must obey local laws and pay for social damage.
Where to find the perfect vintage piece for your home
Four leading designers and stylists share their secrets to finding key vintage pieces in places others have forgotten, and how to showcase them in your home.
‘Make them pay’: TPG takes aim at Meta, other tech giants
Australia’s third-biggest telco says big tech companies – including Facebook’s owner, Netflix and Google – should be forced to help pay for universal phone and internet access across the country.
Billions stolen as Big Tech enables deepfake scams
Organised crime syndicates are fleecing unsuspecting internet users.
Fines over social media scams
Social media giants such as Facebook will have to front up to Australia and answer for fraudulent or criminal scam content published on their platforms under new Labor legislation.
‘I don’t want her to leave me’: Savings lost to this Facebook scam
A former Victorian real estate agent has been unable to bring himself to tell his wife that he lost $183,000 to scammers. Now he’s speaking out in the hope his story warns others.
Labor staffers lower the teal tone
ALP staffers have been busy circulating an old Facebook photograph of teal MP Monique Ryan after her dust-up with Anthony Albanese in question time on Thursday.
Students took ‘respect’ session before ranking scandal
Students from a prestigious Melbourne school took part in a session on ‘respectful relationships’ a week before a ‘degrading’ list was discovered, that ranked their female classmates from ‘wifeys’ to ‘unrapeable’.
Police probe allegation MP was ‘drugged and raped’
Queensland police are investigating a complaint by state Labor MP Brittany Lauga that she was drugged and sexually assaulted in late April.
Facebook’s deep-fake ASX video scam
A deep-fake Facebook video ad showing ex-ASX boss Dominic Stevens promoting an ‘Australian Securities Exchange-ASX’ chat group has been reported but remains on the social media platform.
Meta ‘wrong’ on value of news
More than four-fifths of Australians who consume news via social media say it’s ‘important’ to have access to news via this channel.
In one click, this NSW man lost $400k
Gary Meachen has worked hard his whole life, but says he now faces relying on the pension to survive after falling victim to a scam video on Facebook featuring Elon Musk, Anthony Albanese and Dan Andrews.
Albanese bluster fails to draw the line on online content
Traditional media is regulated for sound reasons; more effort is needed to calmly explain why there’s no logical basis for exempting certain material on the internet.
Mum’s Facebook chats as baby drowned
A mum whose baby drowned in a makeshift tub while she cleaned her home and chatted with her friends has learnt her fate in court.
Mum’s Facebook chats as baby drowned
A mum whose baby drowned in a makeshift tub while she cleaned her home and chatted with her friends has learnt her fate in court.
‘It broke me up’: Tszyu’s cutman slams critics
Speaking publicly for the first time since one of the bloodiest battles in boxing history, Tim Tszyu’s cutman Mark Gambin has hit back at critics that took aim at him following the bout.
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