‘Dangerous falsehoods’:Social media giants face big fines in revamped laws
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‘Dangerous falsehoods’:Social media giants face big fines in revamped laws

Since the Bondi and western Sydney church stabbings,attention of politicians and analysts has turned to the role of social media in spreading false claims.

  • byPaul Sakkal

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Church stabbing,Bondi Junction highlight X’s failure to moderate
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Church stabbing,Bondi Junction highlight X’s failure to moderate

The misinformation and persistence of graphic videos can cause real harm to a huge audience.

  • byTim Biggs
Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?
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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?

Our reviewers give their verdict on acts all over town from the No Pay,No Way,Carmen,Chris Isaak and Grease.

  • byJohn Shand,Peter McCallum,Harriet Cunningham,Chantal Nguyen andShamim Razavi
Musk’s X to fight eSafety over order to remove harmful post

Musk’s X to fight eSafety over order to remove harmful post

The social network complied with a request to remove the post vilifying an Australian trans rights activist,but says it will challenge the order in court.

  • byTim Biggs
The $3 billion bomb:Apple and co are under attack
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The $3 billion bomb:Apple and co are under attack

Apple’s fine contained a warning that will send a chill down the spines of its rivals.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The case that could change the internet forever

The case that could change the internet forever

It all started when laws were passed in response to decisions by Twitter and Facebook to boot Donald Trump after the attack on the US Capitol in 2021.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Donald Trump’s fortune is about to get a $5.8b boost. But is it real?

Donald Trump’s fortune is about to get a $5.8b boost. But is it real?

Lost in the chaos of Trump’s legal issues was that the merger of his social media business finally got the green light last week after more than two years of wrangling.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘What the hell is happening?’:Passengers stranded as chaos engulfs train network

‘What the hell is happening?’:Passengers stranded as chaos engulfs train network

Sydneysiders planning a night of Lunar New Year revelry have had their plans thrown into disarray after chaos engulfed the city’s train network.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘I’ve never seen so many white people being really anxious about being racist’

‘I’ve never seen so many white people being really anxious about being racist’

Rebecca F. Kuang’s latest novel Yellowface has been a runaway success. How it evolved is a story in itself.

  • byBenjamin Law
Elmo asked the internet how everyone was doing. He might not have expected the replies

Elmo asked the internet how everyone was doing. He might not have expected the replies

Elmo was not expecting it to open a yawning chasm of despair.

  • byCallie Holtermann
‘You have blood on your hands’:Tech CEOs grilled over child sexual exploitation

‘You have blood on your hands’:Tech CEOs grilled over child sexual exploitation

In the hearing room,dozens of parents had stood waiting for the CEOs to enter,holding pictures of their children who had been sexually exploited on social media.

  • byDavid Shepardson andMakini Brice