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'Can't wait for slowest country': Sims rebuffs Zuckerberg global plea
Australian competition tsar Rod Sims has snuffed out Facebook CEO's hopes for globally consistent laws to regulate social media giants.Â
- by Jennifer Duke
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Why the internet needs new rules, and where to start
By updating the rules for the internet, we can preserve what's best about it while also protecting society from broader harms.
- by Mark Zuckerberg
Reports of online extremist material surge following Christchurch
There's been a more than 300 per cent increase in reports made to the internet safety watchdog in the two weeks since the Christchurch attack.
- by Andrew Brown
Facebook to restrict live video on its sites after Christchurch attack
Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg says the company is looking to restrict live video and will ban Australian 'hate groups' from the social network following the streaming of footage of the Christchurch massacre on its platforms.
- by Sayanti Chakraborty
National security
Jail time and billions in fines under fast-tracked crackdown on social media giants
Scott Morrison says the dramatic crackdown is necessary to "defuse the threat their technologies can present to the safety of Australians".
- by Fergus Hunter and Jennifer Duke
Property market
Facebook charged with housing discrimination through ad-targeting system
Facebook has been accused of allowing advertisers to exclude people based on their neighbourhood, religion, disability or parental status.
Businesses get $60 million budget boost to advertise on Facebook, Instagram
The government assistance is being credited by some Australian businesses as helping them to grow and employ more people.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Facebook imposes ban on white nationalism after Christchurch massacre
The social media giant has revealed a total ban on its users from endorsing white nationalism in the wake of the terrorist attack against Muslims in New Zealand.
- by Jennifer Duke
Facebook extends ban on hate speech to 'white nationalists'
Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.
- by Molly Schuetz
Telecommunications
Social media bosses face jail over terror content after Christchurch
Following Christchurch, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Facebook, YouTube and Twitter cannot be "weaponised with terror content".
- by Fergus Hunter and Jennifer Duke
Opinion
Opinion
Facebook could limit hate if it was profitable to do so
The social media giant is capable of deploying advertisements with military precision, but it won't put as much effort into keeping people safe.
- by Peter Wells