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25.01.2022 The dominant media publishers of Australia want Google and Facebook to pay 10% of their $6 Billion annual earning they receive from local advertising. ACCC wants media and tech to come to an agreement with code of conduct that will benefit both. And, collectively boycott Facebook and Google if negotiations are unsuccessful.

25.01.2022 Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA) has asked social media operators to remove players for their platform who are engaging in online abuse and harassment or athletes. AFL and NRL players have reportedly being abused on social media.

25.01.2022 Twitter fact-checked one of Trumps tweets for the first time by putting a warning label on his tweet referring to mail-in ballots. President Trump accused Twitter of silencing conservative voices. He also warned social media giants that federal government can strongly regulate or close them down.

23.01.2022 ACCC is preparing a report on App Stores such as Apple and Google Play focused on their competitiveness, transparency, value to customers, and prevent potential harm. ACCC has posted an online customer questioner to gather customer views and experiences. This questioner that will close October 2nd, 2020.

23.01.2022 More women have started speaking up about #Tindercreep after audio messages that one woman received went viral. Ebonie Sanderson said that McGuirk became verbally abusive when she refused to meet him for sex. Four more women revealed that they have been subjected to creepy behavior of McGuirk in past.

23.01.2022 Viagogo has been fined $7Million for misleading Australian consumers. ACCC Chairm Rod Sims said penalty will send a strong message to businesses who profit from misleading customers.

22.01.2022 This is an interesting article about disinformation and misinformation. There have been several researches conducted over the past 5 years which highlight different factors involved in spread of false information on the social media. Removing content, adding labels, and banning people from platform has not been effective. Bertram Vigden, Turing Institute researcher suggest that interventions at each stage is the key.

21.01.2022 #Facebook blocked livestream feature for French man who wanted to livestream his death. Alain Cocq, 57, has rare incurable disease and requested French President Emmanuel Macron for substance that would allow him to die before his body gives up. Mr. Cocqs request was rejected and he decided to livestream his suicide protesting Frances #euthanasia laws.

21.01.2022 LinkedIn sued over copying data from users Apple clipboard contents. The LinkedIn reads every key user stroke on universal clipboard and also spies on nearby computer devices.

19.01.2022 Kristen Bell first found out there were deepfake porn videos of her online from her husband. In the videos, her face has been manipulated onto porn stars bodies. I was just shocked, the actress told Vox. It's hard to think that I'm being exploited.

19.01.2022 The LGBT couples reclaimed hashtag #Proudboys from group in an effort to drawn out hate from social media. Famous figures and celebrities joined in by posting images with message of love and support.

18.01.2022 What do you think about #finland new proposals to overcome sexual harassment online? Sending unsolicited explicit pictures can now result in fine or upto six months in jail.

17.01.2022 Interesting point. How much pressure is reasonable?

17.01.2022 How would you feel your life is being broadcasted on the internet just like Big Brother TV show, but without consent? A Russian-based website Insecam broadcasts Livestream of compromised CCTV cameras and webcams.

16.01.2022 A class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court against Google for violating US wiretap laws. Google continues to collect user data without their permission, even in private (incognito mode).

16.01.2022 Four Corners and J Hack released their investigation of sexual assaults on several Tinder users. One of the victim claims that she reported offender to tinder and has not heard from Tinder since. Match Group, the parent company of Tinder has announced it will change its safety policy following the release of investigation.

16.01.2022 Twitter appended a warning label on one of Trumps tweet again for violating policies on manipulated media. Trump shared a doctored version of popular video on internet that showed black and white toddlers running to hug each other. This video was manipulated and targeted toward CNN for highlighting racism. Twitter has introduced manipulated media policies in March 2020 to prevent doctored photos and videos from misleading users. Read about the prevention measures taken by Twitter, Facebook, and SnapChat against social media policy violation from Trump and his Whitehouse staff.

16.01.2022 Edward Santow, Australian Human Rights Commissioner calls for facial recognition systems to be strictly regulated. These systems are less accurate to identify darker-skinned individuals. While United States continues to protest against racial police brutality, Tech giants pulled their facial recognition services out of police forces in the US.

15.01.2022 Facebook has introduced a new feature of sharing Instagram stories on Facebook. It is another step to bring both platforms closer together. Facebook has been clear about who can see your stories with options to change settings.

14.01.2022 Donald Trumps campaign manager sent a warning to twitter since platform added labels to Presidents inflammatory post. He promoted lesser-known social media platform Parler that has no-censorship policy. Gautam Hans, the professor at Vanderbilt Law School says that no-censorship-policy may quickly turn into hateful rhetoric and force Parler to develop content moderation policy.

14.01.2022 The surveillance team in India investigated a man who had been circulating child pornography on social media. The 25-year-old man, resident of Banbhulpura, posted videos of minor from his profile.

13.01.2022 Google launched a campaign warning - an open letter to Australians stating end of free internet searches to Australian users. This campaign was a response to ACCCs draft law forcing Google and Facebook to pay news corporations $6billion in revenue generated through ads.

13.01.2022 The hackers who attacked NYC law firm with a ransom demand of $42 million, claimed dirt on Trump. The firm stated that negotiating with or paying ransom to terrorists is a violation of federal criminal law. Since the attack was morphed from cyberattack to terrorist attack in a few days. The new claim appeared on dark web that hackers have sold Trump-Data to interested party.

12.01.2022 The Parents of catfishing suicide victim want an act to be made illegal. Renae Marsden has ended her life following the breakup with her ex over the phone. It turned out to be a fake person created by her friend. The parents of Renae Marsden want catfishing law to be named after their daughter.

12.01.2022 Social Media platforms are a halfway point between street markets and the darknet, says Dr James Martin. He is a specialist in crypto-markets and the illicit online drugs trade, from Swinburne University. For buyers, the social media is convenient and easy to use. Whereas, for sellers, the Instagram is a top place to sell drugs because it doesnt require personal details to create an account.

12.01.2022 Facebook refused to take down live streamed suicide

12.01.2022 Organized criminal organizations are taking advantage of COVID-19 with phishing emails and SMS messages containing malicious links. The main target of cyber attackers including foreign governments are hospitals and healthcare services.

10.01.2022 Platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter have turned all of our staff into spokespeople on average employees have ten times the connections as their companies have followers on LinkedIn. This posts both a significant opportunity and threat for organisations. Join our webinar series to understand the opportunities, challenges, best practices, and pitfalls of harnessing social media employee advocacy.

10.01.2022 BP worker Scott Tracey, who lost his job over Hitler meme, criticizing companys bargaining approach for pay was fired in January 2019. BP initially defeated the claim of unfair dismissal by Mr. Tracy over offensive and inappropriate video. But he got his job back on appeal.

10.01.2022 A woman in Ballarat, Melbourne has been arrested on charge of inciting an anti-lockdown protest last week. She was released on bail since and due to appear in court in January.

09.01.2022 The Heat Group cosmetic company lost $2Million last year to recover from a cyberattack. The co-founder and managing director Gillian Franklin shared her experience and tips for small businesses to protect themselves against cyberattacks.

08.01.2022 Teens on social media played their part to disrupt Trump's controversial rally last week. Top TikTok users started sharing information with their followers to register for rally and then ghost it.

08.01.2022 Since nation wide lockdown, many businesses have changed their models and products to survive. Here are some stories about businesses that pave the way for home deliveries and saved jobs.

08.01.2022 Facebook reportedly removed 22.5 million posts containing hate speech. The platform has also removed over 7 million posts related to coronavirus misinformation in second quarter of the year.

08.01.2022 Sinovac and Sinopharm, the Chinese pharmaceuticals have warned public against the scam of drugs being sold on WeChat illegal. The sellers are taking advantage of worldwide coronavirus panic and claim drugs undergoing 3rd trials.

05.01.2022 Since the lockdown, the employee monitoring and tracking software sale surge. Some companies have reported up to 300% increase in Australia. There has been a debate about these services being a digital cage and outdated Australian regulations.

04.01.2022 A 6,600 word internal memo by former data scientist at Facebook reveals that platform knew leaders of different countries are misusing platform to manipulate their voters. In her memo, she detailed some of her biggest inauthentic activity revelations. Some of these stories are published in this article:

03.01.2022 Plastic Surgeon, Dr Warwick Nettle has filed defamation action against former patient Ms Cruse who allegedly campaigned actively against him in online reviews. She posted a series of online reviews and created a website when Dr Nettle decided not to perform facial surgery on her.

03.01.2022 An American hacker who goes by name GreenTheOnly on twitter says that Telsas old hardware contains customers' personal data. Data include passwords, addresses, calendar events, and phone call history that could give potential attacker access.

02.01.2022 $3.5 Billion UK class action style lawsuit against YouTube YouTube allegedly been collecting kids data for advertisers.

01.01.2022 "False news diffused further, faster, deeper and more broadly than the truth in every category of information." Watch Sinan Aral's full TED Talk here: http://t.ted.com/yMmW2WI

01.01.2022 Transport for NSW has no clue how 54,000 scanned drivers licenses ended up on cloud storage. TfNSW has suggested that some Third-party might be responsible for data leak.