As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

Only got a little time between commitments? We’ve collected the day’s headlines here for you to catch up in a flash.

  • byHolly Thompson

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I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed

I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed

While our premier has joined other states’ calls for an enforced age limit on social media – a welcomed announcement – there is no doubt society has left it quite late.

  • byBelinda Provis
Spring-clean your spend:How to go dark on digital and save big dollars
Opinion
Hip pocket

Spring-clean your spend:How to go dark on digital and save big dollars

Our digital devices try to seduce us to spend every time we pick them up. Here’s how to go incognito online and give yourself some mindful money and mental space.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service,again

Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service,again

In the latest version,companies will get a gold check,governments will get a gray check,and individuals who pay for the service,whether they’re celebrities or not,will get a blue check.

  • byKelvin Chan
2022:The year digital creep got too creepy
Opinion
Elon Musk

2022:The year digital creep got too creepy

The less you engage,the more interested they are in your every moment,but the digital revolution has become so monetised,now it’s just losing digits.

  • byMalcolm Knox
You,me and Alexa:Smart home devices and sex in the digital age

You,me and Alexa:Smart home devices and sex in the digital age

Disclosing that your home contains devices that may be watching,listening,or recording should become normal – especially when sex is involved. I didn’t sign up for this kind of threesome.

  • bySamantha Floreani
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Court order to expose @PRguy17 threatens the right to be anonymous online

Court order to expose @PRguy17 threatens the right to be anonymous online

Regardless of your opinion of the rivals in this defamation case - @PRGuy17 and the right-wing blogger Avi Yemini - you should care what the ruling does to your liberty.

  • bySamantha Floreani
The government is trolling us with its ‘anti-troll’ bill
Opinion
Harassment

The government is trolling us with its ‘anti-troll’ bill

Proposed federal legislation will not make the internet safer,but it will make it harder for regular people to sue if they are defamed on social media.

  • byMichael Douglas
Always-on employees at risk of poor mental health,stroke:research
Opinion
Jobs

Always-on employees at risk of poor mental health,stroke:research

Do you answer emails outside work hours? Do you send them? New research shows how dangerous this can be.

  • byAmy Zadow
Fears for school students left to their own devices
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Education

Fears for school students left to their own devices

Nine out of 10 parents admit they too are distracted by their own devices,making it difficult for them to be role models for their kids.

  • byJordan Baker andJosh Dye
Social media minefield trips up aspiring politicians

Social media minefield trips up aspiring politicians

Controversial tweets and text messages can be enough to cut short a political career before it even begins.

  • byNick Enfield