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As many as 311,000 Australians could be eligible for part of the payout. But the clock is ticking: claims close on December 31. See if you’re among them.
If privacy is important anywhere, it is in the context of politics. If it is important at any time, that time is now.
The information commissioner has called the settlement ‘groundbreaking’. But it represents roughly 0.02% of Meta’s annual revenue in 2023.
It is too simplistic to say that the use of AI in elections is all good or all bad. The truth is that it can be both.
New laws aim to give the public access to a repository containing every political ad sent out through social media.
The political content in our personal feeds not only represents the world and politics to us. It creates new, sometimes “alternative”, realities.
Many people have become resigned to the fact that tech companies collect our private data. But policymakers must do more to limit the amount of personal information corporations can collect.
Mark Zuckerberg says he wants the world to be more “open and connected”, but his decision to block archiving the company’s social media content argues otherwise.
A new book argues that very rarely it is ethically justifiable to deceive to get a story. But mostly it’s a dangerous and harmful practice that adds to the public’s mistrust of the media.
The mud rarely sticks.
The vacuum created by a drop in public trust in mainstream platforms has given rise to new media players who don’t always play by the rules.
The commitment applies to the social network, but not necessarily to the metaverse.
A privacy expert says citizens will need to exercise their right to public protest if they want to preserve their privacy.
It would be naïve to think that the rise of science and technology hasn’t made it more difficult to understand the problems we face as citizens
Companies today collect vast amounts of our personal data. What measures can governments and regulators take to reduce the inherent risks and keep our data?
As more comes to light about the money-making tactics of social media platforms we need to reevaluate our relationship with them.
How much does your virtual reality headset know about your life?
Social media reach is greatest among younger voters, who have integrated online platforms more closely into their personal lives.
Political parties protect themselves rather than voters in refusing to be bound by privacy laws.
What role do foreign actors play in African elections? Cambridge Analytica’s case sheds some light.



















