‘Sobering reality’:What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like

‘Sobering reality’:What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like

With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies,is there a way out of the advertising downturn,or is it time to face up to a new normal?

  • byCalum Jaspan

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NSW Liberal leader must stand his ground against junior Coalition partners
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LNP

NSW Liberal leader must stand his ground against junior Coalition partners

After 97 uninterrupted years,one side of the NSW Coalition is contemplating going its separate way.

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Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court win threatens to expose Facebook’s trillion-dollar secrets
Analysis
Social media

Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court win threatens to expose Facebook’s trillion-dollar secrets

How does Facebook interact with fraudsters who book scam ads on its platform? Billionaire Andrew Forrest is about to find out.

  • byColin Kruger
PM slams ‘arrogant’ social media giants over child safety

PM slams ‘arrogant’ social media giants over child safety

Meta representatives told a parliamentary hearing on Friday that social media provides “tremendous benefits” to children.

  • byMike Foley
‘Like dealing with Big Tobacco in the 70s’:Meta denies teen problems

‘Like dealing with Big Tobacco in the 70s’:Meta denies teen problems

At a parliamentary hearing,Meta executives confirmed the company was considering removing news links from its platforms if the government forced it to pay for Australian journalism.

  • byPaul Sakkal
A teen social media ban will drive them to secrecy – that’s exactly what predators want

A teen social media ban will drive them to secrecy – that’s exactly what predators want

Teenagers by nature strive to find a way to engage in whatever their parents try to ban. They’re not pet dogs. They will get over fences.

  • bySonia Orchard
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Jobs on the line as media chiefs unite in stinging rebuke of Meta

Jobs on the line as media chiefs unite in stinging rebuke of Meta

The bosses of Nine,News Corp and Seven West Media have called for a potential ban on Facebook if parent company Meta fails to comply with local laws and values.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Twiggy v Facebook:Decision looms in billionaire’s anti-scam battle
Analysis
Social media

Twiggy v Facebook:Decision looms in billionaire’s anti-scam battle

Billionaire Andrew Forrest has now spent years battling Facebook for allowing scam ads,but the problem is only getting worse.

  • byColin Kruger
Facebook,Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out
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.

  • byDavid Swan
Accused Facebook fashion scammer faces dozens of fraud charges

Accused Facebook fashion scammer faces dozens of fraud charges

Alana Petridis allegedly lured at least 23 people into a sophisticated social media scam selling designer clothes. Investigators believe there are many other alleged victims across Australia

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Facebook is scanning some users’ faces to verify age. The Coalition wants laws that go further
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Child safety

Facebook is scanning some users’ faces to verify age. The Coalition wants laws that go further

The Coalition says,if elected,it will push for laws forcing social media platforms to check users’ ages before creating new accounts. Meta is already doing it for some.

  • byPaul Sakkal