Internet
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Australia’s changing how it regulates the internet — and no-one’s paying attention
Often this decision is in corporate hands: Facebook, TikTok and most major social media platforms have rules about what material…
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Here’s why misinformation is a smaller problem than you think
In this telling, claims spread by internet crackpots are amplified by partisan news networks and social media to the point…
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Log4j: what you need to know
But, every now and then, there is a major security event or discovery of a new critical zero-day vulnerability that…
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The government’s planned ‘anti-troll’ laws won’t help most victims of online trolling
Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard Morrison decry trolls as “cowardly” and “un-Australian”, language that made it into the…
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Israeli firm’s spyware linked to attacks on websites in UK and Middle East
Researchers have found new evidence that suggests spyware made by an Israeli company that was recently blacklisted in the US…
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Myanmar’s Military Struggles to Control the Virtual Battlefield
Outside powers and technology companies should endeavour to keep the online space free of interference and deny the junta tools…
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How to protect children online without using tough rules and reprimands
With much of the world in some form of lockdown, this year’s Safer Internet Day will be different. Tom Harrison…
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Will deplatforming make QAnon and the far-right fade away or radicalise further?
“It’s over and nothing makes sense,” read one message thread title on the largest of these forums. James Purtill ABC…
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Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts illegal
Polish government officials have denounced the deactivation of Donald Trump’s social media accounts, and said a draft law being readied…
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Google political advertising spend transparency reporting coming to Australia
This change will bring more transparency to how parties run their online campaigns, including how much is spent on ads…
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The US is taking on Google in a huge antitrust case.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for unlawful monopolisation. Katharine Kemp The Conversation…
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‘It makes you want to throw your phone in the bin’: The film turning teens off social media
Almost instantaneously, the bombshell Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, changed her relationship with the platforms upon which her generation grew…
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Julian Assange’s extradition case will continue tomorrow after coronavirus delays.
Julian Assange will tomorrow emerge from his coronavirus lockdown in London’s high-security Belmarsh prison to face an extradition hearing at…
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Authorities warn against illegal COVID-19 vaccines and medication sold online
Sellers had advertised the products — developed by Chinese state-owned enterprises Sinovac and Sinopharm — at 1,500 RMB ($300) for…
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Parler: what you need to know about the ‘free speech’ Twitter alternative
Last week, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter signed by 150 academics, writers and activists concerning perceived threats to the…
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How will regional and suburban media survive in a post-coronavirus world?
The ongoing financial woes many media organisations around the country are facing have been exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis, prompting…
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