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In recent days, you may have noticed something new inside Meta’s apps, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp: an artificially intelligent chatbot. Here’s what works well — and what doesn’t — in Meta’s AI.
TikTok’s Australian boss says there’s no need for our country to follow a US move that will either force the popular app to be to sold from its Chinese owners or banned altogether.
Australia’s top cop says kids are not safe in their own homes if using social media unsupervised, while revealing the ‘diabolical scenario’ of police investigating crimes against kids who don’t exist.
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The bishop stabbed while live-streaming his sermon has signed an affidavit pushing for the footage to remain on X, a court has heard.
TikiTok could be banned in the United States unless it divests its US assets, after a bill passed the Senate 79 to 18.
Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie hit back at Elon Musk after he labelled her an ‘enemy of the people of Australia’ amid his legal stoush with the Australian government over extremist content shared on X.
Australia’s top spy and police officer are opening up another front in the stoush with big tech companies, accusing them of failing to obey the laws on encrypted messaging and fanning flames of division.
Social media users are stumbling across the worst category of child sexual abuse material in a disturbing new trend that rewards criminals for spamming popular platforms with links to illegal content.
Elon Musk’s X could be slapped with a massive fine as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declares war on the ‘arrogant billionaire’ for flouting Australia’s social media laws
GEMMA ACTON: If the savings are there, Aussie motorists can be persuaded to part with petrol.
New data from the Internet Watch Foundation reveals 2023 was its ‘most extreme year on record’, as global leaders continue to call out tech giants for ‘putting profit before child safety’.
The eSafety Commissioner says X could have done more than just shield Australian users from a violent video, leading a court to order a far wider block.
Egotistical. Immoral. Narcissistic. Insulting and offensive. Take your pick of the words used to describe Elon Musk in refusing to remove footage of the Wakeley church stabbing from his social media platform X.
Shortcuts range from super-simple to startlingly sophisticated. You don’t even need to be good with technology to teach your iPhone helpful new tricks. Here’s what you should know.
Are the widespread parental fears about links between dwindling child mental health and smartphone and social media use overblown?