‘I’m just a lawnmower man, I’m no one special’: Nathan Stafford, the Sydney gardener with a following of millions
He has amassed a huge international social media audience for videos of tidying, ASMR and helping out ‘legends’. Now he has a meeting with a housing minister. Who is he?
Jordyn Beazley
19, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
Child sexual abuse content growing online with AI-made images, report says
More children and families extorted with AI-made photos and videos, says National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Katie McQue
16, Apr, 2024 @1:00 PM
Google blocking links to California news outlets from search results
Tech giant is protesting proposed law that would require large online platforms to pay ‘journalism usage fee’
Kari Paul
15, Apr, 2024 @5:17 PM
Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills
Nine states are hashing out bills to protect minors online. Tech companies are fighting the laws with everything they’ve got
Katie McQue
15, Apr, 2024 @4:00 PM
Andrew Forrest accuses Facebook of ‘blatantly refusing’ to take action against scam ads
The Australian billionaire’s criminal case against Meta in WA was discontinued on Friday by the commonwealth prosecutor
Josh Taylor
12, Apr, 2024 @3:42 AM
My Place groups worry about 5G and chemtrails. Some are also taking an interest in Queensland’s council elections
Network founded in Victoria writes about setting up a parallel system of governance and promotes a range of conspiracy theories
Eden Gillespie
10, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
Instagram ads in UK promoting ‘butt lifts’ in Turkey as part of holidays in potential breach of rules
Watchdog warns cosmetic surgery providers abroad as analysis reveals thousands of Facebook adverts
Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent
08, Apr, 2024 @1:00 PM
Reality TV star Gamble Breaux knew she’d been hacked. Then the deepfakes of the prime minister began to appear
Hundreds of scam ads featuring manipulated videos of Anthony Albanese flooded Facebook via her account before she was able to regain control
Josh Taylor
06, Apr, 2024 @8:00 PM
Facebook shuts news tab after Meta vows to stop paying Australian publishers for content
Meta says it will take a number of days for news tab to be fully removed in Australia and the United States
Josh Taylor and AAP
01, Apr, 2024 @11:53 PM
Royal reverse as Nine’s 60 Minutes goes from ‘scandal’ to sympathy for Princess of Wales | Weekly Beast
Original story scrutinised ‘Catherine’s photoshopping blunder’ but its replacement heaped praise on ‘a courageous woman’. Plus: David McBride v the ABC
Amanda Meade
29, Mar, 2024 @12:57 AM
Fears grow Meta will block news on Facebook and Instagram as Australian government faces pressure to act
Publishers and politicians are siding against Meta and urging Labor to force the company to pay for news
Josh Taylor
27, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material
Court documents and interviews detail the products’ role in alleged exploitation – and how some payments go undetected
Katie McQue
22, Mar, 2024 @7:59 PM
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