UK regulator to write to WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
Information commissioner says the chat app committed in 2017 not to share contact and user information
Facebook urges focus on Australian media concentration rather than ‘well-trodden ground’ of big tech
Malcolm Turnbull also argues News Corp poses greater menace than Google’s threat to pull search functionality
WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
Poorly-executed change of terms of service sends messaging app’s subscribers flocking to competitors
Is it time to leave WhatsApp – and is Signal the answer?
The Facebook-owned messaging service has been hit by a global backlash over privacy. Many users are migrating to Signal or Telegram. Should you join them?
‘Inevitable’ Google and Facebook will pay for Australian news, treasurer says
Josh Frydenberg says tech companies’ threats to pull services out of Australia did them a ‘big disservice’
Can facial recognition technology really reveal political orientation?
The author of a peer-reviewed study says ‘yes it can’ and if he’s right, it has frightening implications
Google threatens to shut down search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead
Google and Facebook are fighting legislation that would force them to enter into negotiations with news media companies for payment for content
Facebook admits encryption will harm efforts to prevent child exploitation
British MP asks firm why it is introducing end-to-end encryption that will ‘put more children at risk’
Facebook asks Australia to let it make content deals with news outlets before being hit with media code
Social media giant wants a six-month grace period for proposed code it describes as ‘complex, unpredictable, and unworkable’
Von der Leyen: big tech firms need to be reined in despite Trump’s exit
Internet giants that spread hate speech and conspiracy theories should face ‘democratic limits’, says European commission president
Geraldine Hickey: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
We asked Australian comedians to fill our new year with things that will make us laugh. Geraldine Hickey kicks off proceedings with these choice morsels
Facebook under pressure to resume scanning messages for child abuse in EU
Half of referrals for child sexual abuse material could be falling under the radar after changes to EU e-privacy directive
Far-right extremists take over UK land sales Facebook page
A Facebook page with 40,000 members created for people buying plots of land has been taken over by rightwing conspiracy theorists
Australia’s proposed media code could break the world wide web, says the man who invented it
Tim Berners-Lee says the plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news content undermines the web’s ‘fundamental principle’
Facebook claims it does not conduct business in Australia in Cambridge Analytica appeal
Social media company aims to avoid liability over Cambridge Analytica scandal by arguing it does not collect or hold data in Australia