Web culture
Political lies to be captured in Labor misinformation regime
The plan will give federal authorities the power to force tech giants to act on alerts about damaging falsehoods.
- by David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Latest
Political Sketch
Fatima Payman
‘Catch a dub’: Fatima Payman tries to make ‘skibidi’ happen in the Senate
The senator made a play for the most new words in Hansard in a two-minute speech, in Gen Z language that came with a glossary for Boomers.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Opinion
Jobs
‘Inbox zero’ is a lie we should all give up on
Email has morphed into the scourge of the modern workplace.
- by Tim Duggan
‘Antisemitic stereotypes’: Meta to remove more posts attacking ‘Zionists’
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company has dramatically expanded its hate speech policy.
- by Kurt Wagner
‘Couldn’t see the mainstream appeal’: How the world’s best-selling video game defied expectations
Minecraft’s lead developer Jens Bergensten speaks on the global phenomenon that has lasted for 15 years.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Social media
Frighten kids from social media? That would be a free ad to lure them
Banning or attempting to scare children from social media won’t work. It might only push them towards more harm.
- by Malcolm Knox
Analysis
AI
Facebook, Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out
If you’re one of the millions of Australians using Facebook or Instagram, Meta is using your data to train its AI – and unlike people in the European Union, you can’t stop them.
- by David Swan
Investigation
‘I have to live with it’: The people trying to hide from Google
Australians are paying big money to online reputation management experts to manipulate search engines and remove content – but with mixed success.
- by Andrew Hornery
Is logging off the new black?
Twenty years after Mark Zuckerberg and his mates started Facebook, tech watchers are beginning to ask: have we passed peak social media?
- by David Swan
Opinion
Opinion
Google may be about to make the biggest strategy change in its history
Google is weighing up charging customers to use its AI products. We should be begging it to.
- by Matthew Lynn
Analysis
AI
Kate’s photo shows why editing is so tricky in the time of AI
Editing a PR photo is not remarkable, but these days a fear of AI fakes means things are more complicated.
- by Tim Biggs
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