US lawmaker says tech companies must quickly remove violent content after Christchurch killings
Chair of House Committee on Homeland Security writes top executives of four major techs.
Mar 20 2019 12:42PM
Home Affairs chief Pezzullo decries rise of the 'digital industrial complex'
Cyber tsar worried about "connectivity without values".
Mar 14 2019 8:30PM
Bad actors try bespoke lies to avoid misinformation detection
NSA, Facebook and Twitter lament weaponisation of the internet.
Mar 7 2019 12:40PM
Tesla's Musk calls SEC 'broken' in new Twitter spat
Lays into regulator again.
Feb 27 2019 6:57AM
Twitter CEO says his and other tech firms have not combated abuse enough
Dorsey calls Silicon Valley's response to online abuse a "huge fail."
Feb 13 2019 12:23PM
Twitter shares tumble on forecasts for weaker revenue, higher costs
Full-year operating costs rise.
Feb 8 2019 6:51AM
Hardware keys needed to beat phishing: researcher
Free Modlishka 2FA stealing tool published.
Jan 14 2019 12:38PM
Technology spinners shine in 2018 "Worst Words" gongs
Plain English Foundation catalogues linguistic aberrances.
Dec 18 2018 6:40PM
Twitter tumbles on concerns about hacking activity
Shares fall almost 7 percent.
Dec 18 2018 10:07AM
Hackers used Twitter 'malmeme' pics to control Trojan
Images contained embedded command.
Dec 18 2018 9:22AM
Twitter deletes over 10k accounts that discouraged US voting
Wrongly appeared to be from Democrats.
Nov 5 2018 6:54AM
Comms Minister Fifield flags interest in GDPR-like laws
Says Internet no longer an ‘ungoverned space’ and era of hands-off regulation may need to end.
Oct 10 2018 6:36AM
DoJ probes social media firms over free speech
Concerns platforms "intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas".
Sep 6 2018 7:03AM
Twitter urges password reset for all users
Finds plain text passwords in internal log.
May 4 2018 6:54AM
Twitter to test double tweet length
280 could become the new 140.
Sep 27 2017 8:16AM
Sydney Airport gives real-time flight info over Twitter
BizTweet software personalises latest flight data.
Jan 25 2017 1:54PM
Could tweets influence your health insurance premium?
Insurers tinker with personalisation.
Oct 24 2016 10:54AM
DDoS on DNS provider Dyn takes out much of the internet
Guardian, BBC, CNN, Twitter, Paypal unreachable.
Oct 22 2016 5:39AM
Google boss suffers social media hack
OurMine hackers target tech chief executives.
Jun 27 2016 2:10PM
Is the party over in Silicon Valley?
IPO market boom winding down.
Oct 19 2015 10:23AM
