Section 230:Fight over YouTube’s role in terror content goes to Supreme Court

Section 230:Fight over YouTube’s role in terror content goes to Supreme Court

The nation’s top court said it will hear a case that tests the limits of Section 230,the US legal provision that protects social media companies from liability for what people post to their sites.

  • byRachel Lerman

Latest

Senate inquiry to probe big technology’s influence on children,consumers

Senate inquiry to probe big technology’s influence on children,consumers

Companies including Apple,Amazon,Facebook,Instagram,Google,YouTube and TikTok will all be scrutinised by the inquiry.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Japan declares ‘war’ on the floppy disk,yes,the floppy disk

Japan declares ‘war’ on the floppy disk,yes,the floppy disk

Sony stopped making the disks in 2011. Many young people would struggle to describe how to use one. Yet,they’re still used by Japan’s government.

  • byLow De Wei
Australia considers strengthening privacy laws after UK parliament shuts down TikTok account

Australia considers strengthening privacy laws after UK parliament shuts down TikTok account

The Department of Home Affairs is considering all options to address data use concerns about TikTok and other social media firms after the UK parliament closed its official account.

  • byLatika Bourke andNick Bonyhady
Pelosi’s Taiwan adventure will ramp up the rift between the US and China

Pelosi’s Taiwan adventure will ramp up the rift between the US and China

Nancy Pelosi stirred markets by visiting Taiwan this week. China is considering how it will retaliate to the trip,which could have long-term consequences.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Not actual legal advice:AI model tries to re-create mind of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Not actual legal advice:AI model tries to re-create mind of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“It’s really fun to play with,but we should not take it seriously as well as we shouldn’t pretend that that’s a lawyer,” said one professor of artificial intelligence.

  • byPranshu Verma
Advertisement
‘Do your own research’:What crypto investors and anti-vaxxers have in common

‘Do your own research’:What crypto investors and anti-vaxxers have in common

A common refrain in battles about COVID-19 and vaccination,politics and conspiracy theories,parenting,drugs,food,stock trading and media,it signals not just a rejection of authority but often trust in another kind.

  • byJohn Herrman
Oracle’s Ellison joined phone call about contesting Trump’s defeat

Oracle’s Ellison joined phone call about contesting Trump’s defeat

The November 14,2020,phone call is the first known instance of a technology industry leader joining Trump allies to strategise about how to contest the election result.

  • byJan Wolfe
‘Division and hate’:Elon Musk to ditch Democrats,pledges to vote for Republicans

‘Division and hate’:Elon Musk to ditch Democrats,pledges to vote for Republicans

Musk has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration and Democrats for their proposals to tax billionaires and give more tax incentives to union-made electric vehicles.

  • byHyunjoo Jin
Texas law to help ‘censored’ conservatives draws fire from tech platforms

Texas law to help ‘censored’ conservatives draws fire from tech platforms

The application brings before the nation’s highest court a battle over the future of online speech that has been roiling policymakers in Washington and in statehouses.

  • byCat Zakrzewski
WA project gives new view of plastic dump sites in world’s worst ocean polluters

WA project gives new view of plastic dump sites in world’s worst ocean polluters

A new global tool aims to help governments tackle the leakage of plastic into the sea,taking regularly updated satellite vision to create a high-resolution map.

  • byPeter de Kruijff