New online safety codes to protect children have been released by Digital Industry Group Inc for community consultation.
Emma Kirk
Up to 59,000 Aussies are scrambling to get their phones upgraded as the change comes in this week. Here’s everything you need to know.
Cameron Micallef
A Greens senator says social media giants need to be regulated by laws after proving themselves to be “secretive and dishonest”.
Jessica Wang
A renewed scheme to teach students about consent, sexual abuse and porn in schools is being introduced to counter the likes of toxic influencers like Andrew Tate.
Blair Jackson
Year 12 students have claimed NSW Education used an artificially generated image in end-of-year exams.
Alexandra Feiam
A Liberal senator says Australia should take note of the US bid to sever TikTok from its Chinese-owned parent company due to foreign interference risks.
Children are at risk online from "adult strangers in alleyways" and the community must play a role in identifying warning signs, the nation's spy chief says.
Abe Maddison
The Albanese government says it’s holding ‘big tech to account’ and age limits for kids on social media are the first step.
Duncan Evans, Aisling Brennan and Jessica Wang
As Australia gears up to stop young children from accessing social media platforms, teens caught flouting the pending age ban will not face penalties.
The fallout from kids using social media has been laid bare at a summit on the issue, including some “simply frightening” statistics.
Aisling Brennan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signalled the next step in the government’s bid to introduce an age limit on social media use.
Australians’ private information is being shared hundreds of times a day with online advertisers who resell and distribute it to unknown parties, putting people at risk of targeted scams.
Telcos still have work to do to improve customer service with delays in fixing problems and service fees among the top complaints, the industry watchdog says.
Alex Mitchell
Telecommunication companies have been criticised for taking too long to resolve issues as the industry watchdog urges providers to do better.
Major online dating platforms have signed up to a groundbreaking initiative designed to ensure users feel safer when trying to make a connection.
Mental health experts don't support proposals to ban children from accessing social media and are warning it could have unintended consequences.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Fresh research revealed in parliament suggests a link between time spent on social media use and mental health in Aussie teens.
Duncan Evans
Parents are begging to raise social media age restrictions even further than 16, warning that “tech companies now own our children”.
A Senate committee has criticised how Optus handled compensation for the November 8 outage last year.
Derek Rose
NSW nurses say they were subjected to verbal abuse from “Boomers” driving past while they were holding rallies, calling for better pay.
The Prime Minister said he was “somewhat bemused” by Peter Dutton embracing TikTok.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
More and more Australians are taking on multiple jobs to keep their heads above the water, but the issue runs deeper than just cost of living.
An Australian YouTuber fighting a defamation claim brought against him by an American gamer fought through tears after giving evidence for nearly two days at court.
A Greens senator has warned the rise of sophisticated deep-fake videos made using generative AI has the power to steal the upcoming federal election.