Political lies to be captured in Labor misinformation regime

Political lies to be captured in Labor misinformation regime

The plan will give federal authorities the power to force tech giants to act on alerts about damaging falsehoods.

  • byDavid Crowe andPaul Sakkal

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‘Catch a dub’:Fatima Payman tries to make ‘skibidi’ happen in the Senate

The senator made a play for the most new words in Hansard in a two-minute speech,in Gen Z language that came with a glossary for Boomers.

  • byNick Bonyhady
‘Inbox zero’ is a lie we should all give up on
Opinion
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‘Inbox zero’ is a lie we should all give up on

Email has morphed into the scourge of the modern workplace.

  • byTim Duggan
‘Antisemitic stereotypes’:Meta to remove more posts attacking ‘Zionists’

‘Antisemitic stereotypes’:Meta to remove more posts attacking ‘Zionists’

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company has dramatically expanded its hate speech policy.

  • byKurt Wagner
‘Couldn’t see the mainstream appeal’:How the world’s best-selling video game defied expectations

‘Couldn’t see the mainstream appeal’:How the world’s best-selling video game defied expectations

Minecraft’s lead developer Jens Bergensten speaks on the global phenomenon that has lasted for 15 years.

  • byTim Biggs
Frighten kids from social media? That would be a free ad to lure them

Frighten kids from social media? That would be a free ad to lure them

Banning or attempting to scare children from social media won’t work. It might only push them towards more harm.

  • byMalcolm Knox
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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
‘I have to live with it’:The people trying to hide from Google
Investigation
Google

‘I have to live with it’:The people trying to hide from Google

Australians are paying big money to online reputation management experts to manipulate search engines and remove content – but with mixed success.

  • byAndrew Hornery
Is logging off the new black?

Is logging off the new black?

Twenty years after Mark Zuckerberg and his mates started Facebook,tech watchers are beginning to ask:have we passed peak social media?

  • byDavid Swan
Google may be about to make the biggest strategy change in its history
Opinion
Opinion

Google may be about to make the biggest strategy change in its history

Google is weighing up charging customers to use its AI products. We should be begging it to.

  • byMatthew Lynn
Kate’s photo shows why editing is so tricky in the time of AI
Analysis
AI

Kate’s photo shows why editing is so tricky in the time of AI

Editing a PR photo is not remarkable,but these days a fear of AI fakes means things are more complicated.

  • byTim Biggs