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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is setting its sights on internet downloading and copyright, with Attorney-General George Brandis using a speech in Canberra to foreshadow copyright law changes.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, copyright, internet-culture, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedWill digital cards make paper Valentines obsolete? We take to the streets to see how you prefer to express yourself. The Attorney-General seeks to update Australia's copyright laws, and the game that rose from the ashes of Flappy Bird.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, social-media, australia
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Facebook has freed members from the bonds of being either male or female, letting people opt for custom genders such as transsexual or "intersex" on the social network.
Topics: sexuality, social-media, information-and-communication, internet-culture, united-states
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| UpdatedSouth Australian police say they are putting more resources into tracking child-sex offenders after a trial proved a success.
Topics: child-abuse, pornography, crime-prevention, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, computers-and-technology, internet-culture, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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| UpdatedTopics: internet-culture
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| UpdatedABC managing director Mark Scott is standing by the broadcaster's reporting of asylum seeker allegations against the navy and resisting calls to apologise.
Topics: information-and-communication, television-broadcasting, television, radio-broadcasting, radio, internet-culture, immigration, federal-government, abc, australia
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US prosecutors have unveiled a new charge against the man they accuse of creating the underground online drugs marketplace known as Silk Road, potentially adding years of prison time if he is convicted.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, internet-culture, information-and-communication, united-states
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| UpdatedThe gamble paid off when Netflix released all 13 episodes of House of Cards online at once - demonstrating the growing habit of 'binge-watching'.
Topics: television, internet-culture, united-states
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| UpdatedThe ABC says the wording of a story which reported claims from asylum seekers that they were mistreated by Australian Navy personnel should have been "more precise".
Topics: information-and-communication, television-broadcasting, radio-broadcasting, broadcasting, internet-culture, abc, federal-government, immigration, australia
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| UpdatedRead staggering statistics on Facebook users, who have clicked the 'like' button 3.4 trillion times.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, internet-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Federal Communications Minister has rejected claims he directed Visionstream not to give evidence to the National Broadband Network inquiry.
The Senate inquiry into the NBN rollout is sitting in Hobart today.
Labor Senator Stephen Conroy says the Tasmanian contractor Visionstream wrote to the inquiry saying the NBN would not allow it to testify.
Mr Turnbull's office says Senator Conroy is trying to divert attention from his failings with the rollout on his watch as minister.
Topics: telecommunications, federal-government, federal---state-issues, internet-culture, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedFacebook is resisting calls to ban content promoting a deadly worldwide drinking craze which is believed to have originated in Australia.
Topics: drug-use, alcohol, health, information-and-communication, internet-culture, ireland, australia
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Topics: alcohol, drug-use, health, internet-culture, information-and-communication, ireland
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| UpdatedGoogle has for the first time provided a glimpse into the numbers of secret requests for user data made by the United States in the name of fighting terrorism.
Topics: internet-technology, internet-culture, information-and-communication, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, united-states
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| UpdatedABC News Breakfast wishes Facebook a happy tenth birthday and Virginia Trioli runs her eye over the show's official page.
Topics: internet-culture, internet-culture, social-media, united-states
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Vice-President of International for Buzzfeed, Scott Lamb, chats to News Exchange about the future of digital journalism, the power of emotion in social sharing and whether quokkas will replace cats on Buzzfeed Australia.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, social-media, australia
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| UpdatedAre we snapping away our memories? NX takes to the streets to find out if the culture of smartphone photography is impairing our ability to remember. Plus, Buzzfeed's Scott Lamb on the company's secrets to viral success.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, social-media, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, australia
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While everyone was freaking out about the Coalition's short-lived plan for an internet filter, a move to restrict internet use under the guise of "e-safety" went unnoticed.
Topics: internet-culture, censorship, internet-technology, federal-government
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The Global Mail, which promised fearless journalism free of ads, is likely to close next month because its wealthy founder is pulling the plug.
Topics: journalism, information-and-communication, media, industry, business-economics-and-finance, internet-culture, australia
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| UpdatedFacebook has reported a 64 per cent jump in its fourth quarter revenue thanks to continued growth in advertising on its mobile services.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, social-media, internet-culture, united-states
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| UpdatedShares in US technology giant Apple have been punished on Wall Street after iPhone sales disappointed investors.
Topics: stockmarket, business-economics-and-finance, electronics, internet-culture, united-states
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| UpdatedThe operators of two exchanges for the virtual currency bitcoin have been charged with money laundering linked to online drug website Silk Road.
Topics: currency, business-economics-and-finance, science-and-technology, internet-technology, internet-culture, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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| UpdatedAre smarter cars pulling our attention away from the roads? Peter Khoury from the NRMA says tech savy cars need to be used with common sense. Plus, the social web reacts to the USA's uniforms for the Sochi Olympics and Facebook gets its own back after a Princeton University study likens it to an infectious disease.
Topics: internet-culture, social-media, computers-and-technology, education, australia
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| UpdatedA cyber monitoring group has attributed a massive internet breakdown in China to the country's own censors.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, censorship, information-and-communication, internet-technology, china, asia
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| UpdatedWelfare and business groups say any move by Australia Post to charge a fee for mail delivery would disadvantage low-income earners and regional areas.
In its annual online survey, Australia Post asked customers if they would prefer to have their post delivered three times a week, or pay an annual $30 fee for daily delivery.
Topics: information-and-communication, internet-culture, business-economics-and-finance, small-business, australia