By updating the rules for the internet, we can preserve what's best about it - the freedom for people to express themselves and for entrepreneurs to build new things - while also protecting society from broader harms.
Ex-Facebook Australia boss Stephen Scheeler has thrown his support behind potential legislation that would jail social media executives for not removing extremist material quickly enough.
Facebook may be regulated the way its real-world competitors are regulated, and not with the special "safe harbour" treatment which technology libertarians have argued for since the heady days of the first dotcom boom.
The market for companies looking to associate their brand with high-profile social media "influencers" has proven lucrative enough for local start-up Tribe to raise $10.5 milion in external funding and aim for the US.
TikTok is a hot mess of challenges, memes, and lip-syncing videos. But what Gen Z's favourite video-sharing app signals is the arrival of a new era for AI consumer-based apps.
A US security journalist revealed Facebook employees could see users' passwords and therefore access their accounts without them ever knowin...
Internet providers will join the likes of Facebook and Twitter in a meeting with government to discuss better policing of violent content, a...
The changes to advertising, which also cover Instagram and Messenger, are part of a settlement with US groups that have sued Facebook over t...
There needs to be regulatory accountability for sharing content that is inciting violence or hatred.
Australian broadcasters will be subject to a formal investigation by regulators for broadcasting the Christchurch terrorist attack, but Face...
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