social-media
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
WhatsApp to share phone numbers with Facebook
First big shift in privacy policy.
Aug 26 2016 10:45AM
Google+ gets surprise makeover
Social network reimagined despite rumours of its demise.
Nov 18 2015 10:03AM
Google admits defeat with Google+
Only Google Account needed from now on.
Jul 28 2015 6:15AM
Facebook offers Messenger to businesses
Live chat for retail.
Mar 26 2015 5:33AM
Social media is the weakest link in enterprise security
[Opinion] Are web giants doing enough to protect your reputation online?
Jan 20 2015 4:53PM
Web giants face fines in online bullying crackdown
Up to $17,000 per day for ignoring notices.
Dec 3 2014 12:02PM
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Govt proposes cyberbullying ‘naughty corner’ for web giants
Legislative force to be reserved for repeat offenders.
Oct 29 2014 12:59PM
ALRC drops safe harbour from proposed privacy law
Online intermediaries encouraged to act against breaches.
Sep 3 2014 1:20PM
Facebook suffers brief global outage
Social media site apologises.
Jun 20 2014 6:55AM
Elaborate Iranian hacking scheme targets US lawmakers
Attackers build fake news website, social network.
May 30 2014 12:10PM
Should social media be regulated during election campaigns?
Victorian Parliament to investigate accountability on the web.
Apr 4 2014 6:35AM
Turkey cuts off Twitter access ahead of local elections
PM under fire over social media.
Mar 21 2014 10:58AM
