Tag: Elon Musk

Aussie fight and flight against the Big Tech flex

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
In comedy and politics, just as in business and innovation, timing is everything. This week, Australians were reminded of the truth of this enduring axiom. News Corporation Australasia executive...

Online disruption power could hit Musk where it hurts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An independent review of Australia’s online safety laws has flagged a new way to disrupt the revenue of social media companies like X as part of changes that would...

Global take-down orders can harm the internet if widely adopted

Posted on   |  by Dan Jerker B Svantesson
Do Australian courts have the right to decide what foreign citizens, located overseas, view online on a foreign-owned platform? Anyone inclined to answer ‘yes’ to this question should perhaps...

Musk shtick: X booted from industry’s misinformation code

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been kicked off the industry’s self-regulation effort on misinformation and disinformation because it removed user reporting tools and stopped...

Twitter switches off misinformation reporting feature

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Twitter has disabled a feature allowing users to report potentially misleading information on the social media platform, just weeks out from the vote for constitutional recognition of First Nations...

The pause AI movement is remarkable, but won’t work

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The open letter calling for an immediate six-month pause in the AI development arms race and signed by more than 1600 tech luminaries, researchers and responsible technology advocates under...