Tag: social media

Snap implements age restrictions, bans anonymous messaging apps

Snap has reportedly updated its policies for Snap Kit, which among other things allows developers to integrate various aspects of Snapchat into their own apps,...

Meta Australia gears up for online federal election campaign

Meta Australia has vowed to target misinformation claims, fraud and interference in relations to the federal election on its platforms. Learning from past elections internationally...

Angered Aussies fight online against Putin’s war on Ukraine

Although the Australian Government has asked its citizens not to travel to Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion, many Aussies are showing solidarity for...

Australian online safety an underinvestment for Facebook

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen says the company underinvests in online safety measures on its platforms in Australia, a parliamentary committee has heard....

Department of Home Affairs fronts social media inquiry

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has expressed concerns about the way in which social media companies allow the promotion of harmful and divisive content, wanting...

Cannabis use numbers on TikTok nothing to laugh at

Analysis of almost 900 TikTok videos has found content about cannabis use typically shows it as funny and entertaining rather than potentially risky. Researchers from...

Aussie PM’s WeChat hacked and rebranded by Chinese government

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s profile on China’s largest social media website WeChat has been rebranded earlier this month to push the country’s propaganda in a...

Reform advocates point out flaws in proposed anti-trolling laws

Reform advocates have told a parliamentary committee that the proposed laws targeting online abuse and holding social media companies accountable are “utterly inaccessible” and narrowly...

Twitter CEO Dorsey resigns and hands over the position to Agrawal

Twitter Inc has announced that Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey is stepping down from his role, handing over the position of leading the company to...

UK watchdog tells Facebook, now Meta, to sell Giphy

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts...

ADF and NT Chief Minister reject wild social media claims

Both the Australian Defence Force and the Northern Territory’s Chief Minister Michael Gunner have rejected wild social media claims that the military is forcibly vaccinating...

Bill to make social media liable for libellous posts

In a new bill filed in parliament, social media companies would be made liable for libellous and defamatory posts on their platforms. On Monday, Nationals...

Regional summit tackles “new compact” between tech and government

A regional summit of leaders has initiated a conversation about emerging and critical technologies as governments grapple with what companies and communities are already doing....

Twitter upgrades warnings on misleading posts to avoid fake news

Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing. The labels, which...

Facebook removes ad-targeting options from online platform

Facebook will be removing detailed ad-targeting options that refer to “sensitive” topics, such as ads based on interactions with content based around race, health, religion,...

Wall Street mixed as Facebook and social media giants shares tumble

The Dow and the S&P 500 have hit record highs following positive earnings from American Express while the Nasdaq was pressured after social media giants...

A New World: What is “The Metaverse”, and what does it mean for us?

Facebook Inc, under fire from regulators and lawmakers over its business practices, is planning to rebrand itself with a new name that focuses on the...

Facebook expands harassment policy following whistleblower testimony

Facebook expands its policies on harassment in its latest change following congressional testimony from a whistleblower who accused the social media giant of not doing...

Social media is coward’s palace: Morrison and Barnaby Joyce backs social media crackdown

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called social media a “coward’s place” where people can verbally abuse one another under the cover of anonymity and says...

Transparency on Social Media for Australian Politicians

In 2021, the relationship between politicians and media publications/journalists is as contentious as ever with an unspoken war between the two. This unspoken war has...