Meta value falls $190bn as investors react to plan to increase spending on AI
Shares slumped 15% after Mark Zuckerberg said AI spending would have to grow before Meta could make much revenue from products
‘I’m just a lawnmower man, I’m no one special’: Nathan Stafford, the Sydney gardener with a following of millions
He has amassed a huge international social media audience for videos of tidying, ASMR and helping out ‘legends’. Now he has a meeting with a housing minister. Who is he?
Child sexual abuse content growing online with AI-made images, report says
More children and families extorted with AI-made photos and videos, says National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Google blocking links to California news outlets from search results
Tech giant is protesting proposed law that would require large online platforms to pay ‘journalism usage fee’
Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills
Nine states are hashing out bills to protect minors online. Tech companies are fighting the laws with everything they’ve got
My Place groups worry about 5G and chemtrails. Some are also taking an interest in Queensland’s council elections
Network founded in Victoria writes about setting up a parallel system of governance and promotes a range of conspiracy theories
Instagram ads in UK promoting ‘butt lifts’ in Turkey as part of holidays in potential breach of rules
Watchdog warns cosmetic surgery providers abroad as analysis reveals thousands of Facebook adverts
Royal reverse as Nine’s 60 Minutes goes from ‘scandal’ to sympathy for Princess of Wales
Original story scrutinised ‘Catherine’s photoshopping blunder’ but its replacement heaped praise on ‘a courageous woman’. Plus: David McBride v the ABC
Fears grow Meta will block news on Facebook and Instagram as Australian government faces pressure to act
Publishers and politicians are siding against Meta and urging Labor to force the company to pay for news
How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material
Court documents and interviews detail the products’ role in alleged exploitation – and how some payments go undetected
‘Social media is like driving with no speed limits’: the US surgeon general fighting for youngsters’ happiness
Dr Vivek Murthy is urging governments to regulate social media as study shows screen use and isolation has caused widespread discontent
US supreme court hears case on government’s power over online misinformation
Plaintiffs in Murthy v Missouri argue White House requests to take down coronavirus misinformation violate first amendment
US supreme court to hear case about government requests to social media companies
The case will determine if the White House violated free speech protections when requesting social networks to remove Covid misinformation
The proposed US TikTok ban hints at why Australia must further regulate social media
Stronger data privacy regulation could address some of Australia’s security concerns around the app
EU calls on tech firms to outline plans to tackle deepfakes amid election fears
Move involving companies such as Google, Facebook and X comes after evidence of Russian online interference in polls