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2021-02-26

Social Media’s Troublesome Influence On Politics

Social media platform architectures are not primarily designed for democratic discourse, yet they are heavily used for political purposes.

2021-02-25

Australia Makes Google & Facebook Pay

Following an ugly confrontation, Google and Facebook are now required to negotiate with news outlets to pay for their content, or face arbitration.

2021-02-23

Friends Reunite As Facebook & Australia Make Up

Facebook will unblock news pages in Australia following a confrontation with the Government in which both seem to have made concessions.

2021-02-18

Facebook Unfriends Australia

Facebook has blocked Australians from reading news content on their platform and now the government is urging them to #DeleteFacebook.

2021-02-16

Myanmar’s Cyber Security Bill

Myanmar’s military coup leaders have produced a draconian cyber security bill that gives the government sweeping powers over the Internet.

2021-02-12

Instagram, TikTok & Twitter Shutdown Stolen Accounts

The big social media companies work together to frustrate the theft and re-sale of high-value usernames on the OGUsers cyber crime market.

2021-02-08

Myanmar’s New Military Rulers Block Facebook

For many of the population social media is their only access to the Internet and Facebook has become a rallying point against the military coup.

2021-02-02

Google Threatens To Leave Australia

Australia is introducing legislation to require Google, Facebook and other social media companies pay for their local news content.

2021-01-26

Google is Offering $3m To Fact-Check Vaccine Fake News

Google's News Initiative offers to pay $3m to fact checking organisations with the aim to reduce fake news & disinformation about Covid-19 vaccines.

2021-01-25

Biden Twitter Account Starts With Zero Followers

Almost as if they are trying to antagonise the new President, Twitter made Joe Biden open his new Presidential account without any followers.

2021-01-21

Social Media Has Been Weaponised

The weaponisation of social media has turned armed conflict, technology and politics into a battle space playing out on our smartphones.

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