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Thinktank warns Australian misinformation laws should not be based on voluntary industry code
Experts find ‘significant gaps between statement and practice’ of social media firms’ enforcement of standards

Josh Taylor

02, May, 2024 @3:00 PM

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Australia’s online safety regulator has drawn a line in the sand for X. Will she prevail?
Julie Inman Grant’s order for Elon Musk’s company to take down tweets containing video of a Sydney stabbing has implications for tech platforms globally

Josh Taylor

01, May, 2024 @3:00 PM

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TechScape: On the internet, where does the line between person end and bot begin?
In 2021, the web felt dead because algorithms were driving people to act like robots. Now, the robots are posting like people

Alex Hern

30, Apr, 2024 @10:41 AM

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Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’
The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son

Tim Adams

28, Apr, 2024 @7:00 AM

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The demise of Twitter: how a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’
In the early days it was seen as a place for ‘genuine public discourse’, but users have fled since Elon Musk took over. What went wrong?

Kate Lyons

27, Apr, 2024 @8:00 PM

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‘Climate denial’ ad pulled from The Australian after regulator deems it ‘deceptive’ | Weekly Beast
Advertisement from IPA-linked Climate Study Group claimed fossil fuel use would not damage the environment. Plus: Janet Albrechtsen holds forth on the importance of not taking sides

Tory Shepherd

26, Apr, 2024 @6:14 AM

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X pushes back at order to hide Sydney church stabbing footage as US user reposts video
Elon Musk’s X says it opposes demands from Australia’s eSafety commissioner that it remove the content globally

Stephanie Convery

26, Apr, 2024 @1:19 AM

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Bishop will argue video of his Sydney church stabbing should not be removed from Elon Musk’s X, court hears
Australian federal police have told court there was ‘a real risk’ the video could be used to encourage people to commit terrorist attacks

Josh Taylor

24, Apr, 2024 @6:20 AM

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Elon Musk's battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers | Belinda Barnet
The X owner was always going to turn the video removal request into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missives

Belinda Barnet

23, Apr, 2024 @8:44 AM

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Australian prime minister labels Elon Musk ‘an arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law’
Anthony Albanese responds to X owner who criticised Australian authorities demanding videos of a Sydney church stabbing be removed

Josh Taylor and Josh Butler

23, Apr, 2024 @6:34 AM

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Elon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown order
Musk calls eSafety chief a ‘censorship commissar’ while PM brands Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ over videos of alleged church stabbing. What is going on?

Josh Taylor

23, Apr, 2024 @4:38 AM

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Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing
The Tesla billionaire uses posts on his social media platform to attack Anthony Albanese and the eSafety commissioner

Martin Farrer and agencies

22, Apr, 2024 @5:58 PM

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