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The Canberra Times

The Australian government wants to stop online harm fuelling violence and division. What can it do?

Age verification technology and a ‘tech tax’ are among the proposals to address misinformation and misogynist content

The Guardian - AU

Enforcing 'global and borderless' deepfake offences a challenge

The Prime Minister has announced plans to criminalise such content.

The Canberra Times

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Australian government pledges almost $1bn to help women leave violent relationships

‘Leaving violence payment’ of $5,000 will help women escape abusive relationships with money for services, risk assessments and safety planning

The Guardian - AU

Albanese calls for debate on blocking online misogynistic content at snap national cabinet meeting

Labor to focus on online harms threatening women’s safety as others call for further needs-based funding and bail reform

The Guardian - AU

AI, hate speech under scrutiny in online safety review

Australia's online safety laws will be scrutinised, with public feedback sought as the debate over the risks of graphic social media content rages.

AAP

Warnings kids are exposed to 'extremist poison' online

As children spend more time online, the federal police boss warns they are being exposed to extremist content, fuelling calls for age verification systems.

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Peter Dutton backs laws to crack down on ‘above the law’ social media companies over misinformation

Coalition was previously fiercely critical of Labor’s misinformation legislation, having campaigned to ‘bin the bill’

The Guardian - AU

eSafety commissioner orders X and Meta to remove violent videos following Sydney church stabbing

Julie Inman Grant issues notices compelling companies to remove offending material within 24 hours

The Guardian - AU

The demise of daily letters, 3G and cash – are governments leaving us old (and young) fogeys behind?

Technology evolves and consumer preferences change – but governments and industry have a duty to plan for the big shifts

The Guardian - AU

Regions to suffer most as snail mail gets even slower

Australia Post's new performance standards could impact regional and rural Australians most, an expert warns, as posties are given more time to deliver letters.

AAP

‘We know the community is over it’: how self-regulation of gambling ads came unstuck minutes into an AFL game

Clubs and bookmakers have set their own restrictions as campaigners await a decision on a proposed ban

The Guardian - AU

Senator quits party to sit as independent – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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

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Optus outage likely to force changes at telcos

The Optus outage is likely to change the way telecommunications companies operate once the government releases its response to a review on the network failure.

The Guardian - AU

ABC defends broadcasting Russia-Ukraine war documentary after ambassador calls it ‘bowl of vomit’

Ukraine ambassador to Australia says documentary aired on Four Corners repeats Kremlin’s ‘blatant lies’ but national broadcaster defends ‘important contribution’ to war reporting

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: interest rates hold steady; Rowland defends ABC independence; and how the democracy sausage is made

RBA keeps cash rate at 4.35% but Michele Bullock says she is still ‘worried about inflation’ and will not rule out further rises

AAP

Calls to heat up competition in nation's postal sector

A tech start-up is pushing for Australia Post's delivery network to be opened up to private players, in a bid to drive competition and boost regional economies.

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AAP

Rush to resolve triple zero glitch ahead of 3G shutdown

A working group with Telstra, Optus and TPG has been set up to find a solution to a looming technical issue preventing triple zero calls on some mobile phones.

AAP

Australian broadband to get a speed boost, but slowly

More than nine million households and businesses could get a significant boost to their broadband connection later in 2024 following fibre upgrades.

The Guardian - AU

Telstra apologises to family of Victorian who died during triple zero outage

Government says regulator is looking into the disruption which prevented more than 100 calls being transferred to emergency services

International Business Times

Facebook Parent Meta To Stop Paying Australian News Media

Extending a global retreat from news content, Meta said it would scrap the Facebook News tab in Australia and would not renew deals with news publishers worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Al Jazeera

Meta says it will stop funding news in Australia, prompting backlash

Canberra blasts Meta’s decision as a ‘dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability’ of the media industry.

The Canberra Times

Meta announces it will no longer pay for Australian news

The decision represents a major financial blow to news providers.

The Guardian - AU

Minister briefed on how total gambling ad ban would work in Australia by European experts

Exclusive: Belgian gaming commission - considered the gold standard in harm reduction policies – providing Michelle Rowland with policy details

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