Internet
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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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What we know about the ‘sophisticated, state-based’ cyber attack on Australia
This is what the PM has told us about it so far. Dannielle Maguire ABC News Mr Morrison wasn’t specific…
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Fiancee of Julian Assange pleads for the WikiLeaks founder to be released from prison
The fiancee of Julian Assange has appealed for the WikiLeaks founder to be freed in order to restore the public’s…
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‘Zoom fatigue’ is taxing the brain.
Jodi Eichler-Levine finished teaching a class over Zoom on April 15, and she immediately fell asleep in the guest bedroom…
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The government is fast-tracking a code of conduct to force Google and Facebook to pay for news content
Digital giants Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content generated by the Australian media in a…
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An illustrated guide to BACE self-care
That’s right — basic! BACE is a simple way to divide our daily activities into four categories: Body care, Achievement,…
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Zoom Goes From Conferencing App to the Pandemic’s Social Network
Like the rest of us, Eric Yuan is taking things day by day right now. Drake Bennett and Nico Grant…
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