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
Australian news media could seek payment from Meta for content used to train AI
News media bargaining code could apply to tech companies using massive amounts of online information for generative AI, researchers say
Facebook and Instagram: Meta services hit by widespread outages
Services refuse login attempts and feeds stall as Google’s platform also experiences login problems
Misleading clickbait is prevalent on Facebook and Instagram in Canada after Meta’s news ban. Could it happen in Australia?
‘A real-world, newsless Facebook turns out to be more toxic than I had anticipated,’ says Prof Jean-Hughes Roy
‘Musk needs to be adored … Zuckerberg is out of his depth’: Kara Swisher on the toxic giants of Big Tech
The journalist and podcaster has been scrutinising Silicon Valley for decades, knows all the big players – and once believed that tech could save the world. But that was before greed and ego got in the way
How positive male role models are detoxifying the social media ‘manosphere’
Influencers advocating for mental health, self-love and parenting are reclaiming the space from Andrew Tate and his ilk
If Meta’s intransigence isn’t enough, AI poses an even greater threat to journalism
While Facebook has refused to renew its Australian media deals, robots scraping news sites for content could upend the industry entirely
Crimes involving child abuse imagery are up by a quarter in UK, says NSPCC
Nearly half of incidents where platform was known occurred on Snapchat, with 26% on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
I was married almost a year ago. Why am I still obsessed with a Facebook wedding planning group?
Although she never once posted, Brittney Rigby discovered she’s not alone in sticking around long after her nuptials. Some online communities are just too good to leave
New York sues TikTok, Instagram and YouTube over ‘addictive’ platforms for children
Lawsuit accuses tech companies of creating ‘addictive and dangerous’ products that are fueling mental health crisis
Take the money and run? I tested X’s paid-promotion model, and it was woeful
Granted, a $50 investment wasn’t going draw in millions of clicks, but I expected more than just a few bots to show interest
‘Our kids are suffering’: calls for ban on social media to protect under-16s
Debate gains traction as evidence grows on negative impact of social media use on mental health of young people
AI firm considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections
Midjourney’s CEO David Holz says company close to ‘hammering’ images of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and others ‘for next 12 months’
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, which Meta said violated its policies