Internet

Social media giants on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian law banning them from signing up under-16s, describing it as a rush job littered with "many unanswered questions".... Read more

An Australian teenage news boss says landmark legislation barring under-16s from social media is a "really bad idea" that will stifle young people's creativity.... Read more

People determined to spread toxic messages online have taken to masking their words to bypass automated moderation filters.... Read more

A team of computer scientists at Technical University of Darmstadt, working with a colleague from the University of Glasgow, and another from Humbold University of Berlin, has found evidence via experiments they ran, that when asked to build a web page, LLMs often include manipulative design practices. The group has... Read more

Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday started examining four cases that turn on how far social media should be regulated, and what responsibilities platforms have in cracking down on illegal content.... Read more

Australian lawmakers moved a step closer to banning under 16s from social media platforms Wednesday, threatening companies that fail to comply with multimillion-dollar fines.... Read more

In the digital age, personal data is hugely valuable. Companies are eager to access this data, but regulations like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) require users' explicit consent. What GDPR doesn't specify, however, is how firms should ask for that consent. Some lean on transparency, while others sweeten... Read more

Australian celebrity and "public relations maven" Roxy Jacenko has said she regrets turning her daughter, Pixie Curtis, into a child social media influencer.... Read more

Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported having issues with services like Outlook and Teams on Monday.... Read more

Google and the US government will face off in a federal court on Monday, as each side delivers its closing arguments in a case revolving around the technology giant's alleged unfair domination of online advertising.... Read more

US antitrust lawyers are calling on a judge to force the sale of Google's Chrome browser to limit the company's market clout in a move that would shake up the internet giant.... Read more

A new book has outlined why public institutions should recognize a new human right to free internet access and what such a right could look like.... Read more

Social media companies could be fined more than US$30 million if they fail to keep children off their platforms, under new laws tabled before Australia's parliament Thursday.... Read more

The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant.... Read more

Looking for a new social media platform because X, Threads and Mastodon just aren't cutting it? You could try Bluesky.... Read more