Tag: DIGI

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...

Authors and artists take the fight to Big Tech on AI

Posted on   |  by Chris Griffith
Professional associations covering artists, authors and publishers have hit out at calls by big tech firms for Australia to water down its copyright law, and to allow for cheap...

Digital platforms join misinformation plan pile on

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Online platforms are railing against the Albanese government’s plan to combat misinformation and disinformation, warning draft legislation is poorly defined, hands the regulator too much power and could chill...

New misinformation laws could be ‘abused’: Meta

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Misinformation laws proposed by the Albanese government to hold social media platforms to account for harmful content on their platforms could inadvertently be “abused” to the detriment of free...

Consultation opens on draft laws on misinformation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Communications minister Michelle Rowland has released draft legislation that would give the Australian Media and Communications Authority new powers to hold social media platforms and others accountable for harmful...

Twitter withholding Australian disinformation data

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Twitter was the only tech giant covered by Australia’s voluntary disinformation and misinformation code not to publish data on the volume of local content removed from its social media...

Google wants copyright law changed for AI data mining

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s copyright laws are stifling innovation by not affording tech companies exceptions to mine websites for information when developing artificial intelligence tools, according to Google. The position, outlined in...