Government flexes muscle against online trolls but critics want more Monday November 29, 2021 By Jackson Graham Communications & Technology Social media companies could be forced to provide the identity of people behind anonymous profiles trolling others online, says the PM. …
Premium Columnists Are politicians’ social media posts legitimate contributions to parliamentary debate? Wednesday August 25, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Australian Capital Territory Should social media platforms be removing speeches that could be seen as a historical record of contributions to parliament?…
Facebook helps with NSW First training modules Friday August 20, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social NSW partners with Facebook and Restaurant & Catering Australia to offer free development and training programs for people working in the visitor economy.
Hunt queried over senator’s ‘false information’ on COVID Tuesday August 3, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal The health minister urges everyone to ‘stick with the facts’ following QLD LNP senator Gerard Rennick's posts about the accuracy of COVID PCR tests.
Reset Australia: Government should be offered anti-vaxxer social media insights Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology A proposed policy would force social media companies to generate a real-time list of the most popular shared URLs that point to COVID-19 related content.
Trump banned from Facebook, for another six months at least Friday May 7, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology An oversight board for Facebook has extended former US president Donald Trump’s ban from the social media platform for another six months, in which time…
Facebook to lift news ban, but won’t be subject to ‘forced negotiation’ Tuesday February 23, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Australians will soon be able to share news content on Facebook once again following amendments to the government's news media bargaining code.
Health department no longer advertising on Facebook Monday February 22, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The commonwealth Department of Health will not roll out paid advertising campaigns on Facebook until the social media giant lifts its ban on news content…
Government agencies’ Facebook posts restored after being caught in news-ban crossfire Thursday February 18, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology It didn’t take long for Australians to realise that a number of government agencies — including some state health departments, the Bureau of Meteorology, and…
Australian Information Commissioner to sue Facebook Tuesday March 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Australian Information Commissioner is taking Facebook to court for allegedly breaching the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians through an app related to the…
Promoted Privacy and consent: Winning the trust of consumers and citizens Tuesday April 9, 2019 By Maria Katsonis Sponsored How do we demonstrate that data aggregation has widespread benefits for citizens and consumers and can empower a wide suite of services?…
Promoted What’s in store for online privacy and data management? Monday March 18, 2019 By Maria Katsonis Sponsored Trust, transparency, data ethics, regulatory frameworks and empowering people to manage their data all feature in discussions about the online privacy and data management landscape.
Promoted If data is for good, then trust is king Wednesday January 23, 2019 By Maria Katsonis Communications & Technology The volume of data globally has created widespread opportunities to harness its economic and social value raising policy issues such as privacy protection, innovation and…
Promoted How data will shape the workforce Tuesday October 30, 2018 By The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney Communications & Technology Data is reshaping the workforce, but data skills can become obsolete within months. Professor Simon Jackson discusses how the workforce will change.
Representation in a digital democracy Monday May 28, 2018 By Amelia Loye Features Digital democracy is here, but what does that mean? To find out more about the way technology is changing democracy and how you can help…
