social-media
Fake news fact-checks hobbled by low reach, study shows
EU calls for greater fact-checking efforts.
Jul 12 2019 1:00PM
French lawmakers vote to target online hate speech in draft bill
Content takedown in under 24 hours.
Jul 8 2019 1:14PM
Reddit quarantines major pro-Trump community over violence threats
Stops short of ban.
Jun 28 2019 12:33PM
EU finds Russian disinformation, says tech firms must do more
Only Facebook responds.
Jun 17 2019 1:13PM
How data crowdsourced from beachside happy snaps became as good as expensive surveys
Engaging the public in coastal management.
May 22 2019 7:00AM
Facebook removes 265 'fake accounts' it says linked to Israel
Targeting users in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
May 17 2019 1:17PM
Banks could soon have to treat your social media sprays as official complaints
Outage hell awaits.
May 17 2019 12:56PM
Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content
Fines, site blocking proposed.
Apr 8 2019 10:57AM
Australia's 'world-first' social media laws could require action within an hour
Attorney-General defines what he sees as reasonable.
Apr 4 2019 12:52PM
Govt expands socmed crackdown laws, including jail time, to internet, content and hosting providers
Broad-brush laws rammed through Australian Senate.
Apr 4 2019 6:29AM
Facebook bans white nationalism on its platforms
In effort to tackle hate speech.
Mar 28 2019 6:33AM
Real-time social media location data used to predict crime
RMIT uses Foursquare check-ins to predict drug busts.
Oct 24 2018 11:06AM
Meriton fined $3 million for turning TripAdvisor into TripDeceiver
Court finds hiding review option from grumpy customers distorted TripAdvisor ratings.
Jul 31 2018 4:52PM
Timehop data breach impacts 21 million users
Cloud environment hacked.
Jul 10 2018 7:00AM
Facebook patents solution to predict how rich or poor you are
Automated socio-economic ratings.
Feb 5 2018 10:15AM
Twitter to test double tweet length
280 could become the new 140.
Sep 27 2017 8:16AM
NSW MPs are being swamped by social media
Get extra funding to hire more staff.
Jun 19 2017 9:49AM
US visitors may need to hand over their social media credentials
New Homeland Security boss revives old proposal.
Feb 10 2017 6:42AM
Could tweets influence your health insurance premium?
Insurers tinker with personalisation.
Oct 24 2016 10:54AM
Vic Privacy Commissioner warns against profiling job candidates online
Avoiding the privacy pitfalls of social media checks.
Oct 14 2016 4:30PM
