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Huge update on looming social media ban

The Albanese government has made some surprise additions to its social media ban affecting kids under 16 from next month.

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Renowned child safety advocate Jonathan Haidt believes Australia’s world-leading social media age laws are the biggest step ever taken to protect children and will set the world on course to win the fight against tech giants causing harm to kids.

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‘Biggest step ever’: How Aussie laws could protect kids everywhere

Australia’s new social media laws are being hailed globally at the UN with experts predicting a world-changing impact for children across the globe.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos September 19, 2024: Social media apps on phone. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

The role Aussie parents can play ahead of media age ban

Parents are being urged to “understand the laws” ahead of Australia’s world-first social media age ban. See what help will be available.

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Cyber imagery at Russell Offices in Canberra. Picture: Supplied via NCA NewsWire

‘Grey zone tactics’: Huge threats facing Aus

With wars raging on almost every continent and global supply chains under threat, a new report has painted a grim picture for Australia’s critical infrastructure.

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MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 13, 2024: Generic photo of Qantas terminal and Tullamarine Airport. Qantas engineers are targeting one of the busiest travel days of the year to stage another strike in their ongoing campaign for a 25 per cent pay rise., Picture: NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

‘Reach out’: Qantas’ latest hacker threat

Qantas has been targeted by an infamous hacker group to negotiate a ransom over supposedly stolen customer data.

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Is powerful new Dyson rival worth hefty price tag?

It’s been revealed four in 10 Aussies eat food off their floors despite failing to clean them daily, as the latest rival to Dyson promises jet power to suck up the competition.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos September 19, 2024: Social media apps on phone. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Tech companies let kids view real gore

The eSafety Commission has called on social media companies to do better after research found Australian children were being exposed to real life gore and extreme violence on their platforms.

Former students of a major Australian university have been informed their degrees have been “revoked” in a series of shocking emails.

Uni students horrified as ‘degrees revoked’

Former students of a major Australian university have been informed their degrees have been “revoked” in a series of shocking emails.

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Influencer pays price for vile needle pranks

A French influencer has been jailed for six months for faking syringe attacks on strangers in a viral ‘prank’ video.

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Kirk shooting, train stabbing videos banned

Kirk shooting, train stabbing videos banned

Three graphic videos from the US, including Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the brutal stabbing murder of Iryna Zarutska, have been banned in Australia.

FILE - Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file)

‘Deeply sorry’: 3000 Aussies’ data leaked to AI

The NSW government says it is “deeply sorry” after sensitive information of thousands of flood victims was uploaded to ChatGPT in a major data breach.

Larry Ellison, chairman and co-founder of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. OpenWorld is a business and technology conference that delivers insight into industry trends and breakthroughs in Cloud technology, hosting educational sessions as well as exhibitions from over 400 partners. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

‘Constantly recording everything’: Tech titan

He’s the tech billionaire who’s jostling with Elon Musk for the title of world’s richest man. And he’s outlined his vision for an AI surveillance dystopia.

A hike in bills is expected to come with AI using up data, water and land across Australia, with nuclear energy touted as a potential solve.

‘Never-ending’: Why ‘bigger bills’ are coming

For all its benefits, the rise of artificial intelligence is likely to have an effect on your household bills that you will not like.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 20, 2025. Josh Frydenberg attends the Sky News anti-semitism summit in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

‘Red alert’: Aus reacts to UK terror attack

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered a furious, heartbreaking response to the terror attack on Jews in the UK, saying it’s a ‘red alert’ for Australia.

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