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Australian regulators fine X for dodging questions about CSAM response
Australia has fined X (formerly Twitter) AUD 610,500 (around $387,000) for failing to fully comply with required questions about the platform’s handling of child exploitation material.
Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS feature arrives in New Zealand and Australia
Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS satellite feature is coming to New Zealand and Australia — two countries with large wilderness areas lacking any cellular service.
Twitter finally starts rolling out the edit button, but US users will have to wait
Twitter Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand will get the feature first.
Australia's top court rules Google isn't a publisher
Google has won an appeal determining that it isn't a publisher merely by linking content.
Kmart halts use of in-store facial recognition amid Australian privacy investigation
Kmart has stopped the use of facial recognition in Australian stores following a privacy investigation.
Atlassian co-founder takes big step toward shutting down Australia's coal power
One of Atlassian's founders has managed an upheaval that could force Australia's worst polluter to end coal power 10 years early.
Facebook accused of deliberately blocking government and health pages in Australia
Whistleblowers say the platform wanted more negotiating power in the event of a potential law.
Google claims court ruling would force it to 'censor' the internet
Google has asked the High Court of Australia to overturn a 2020 ruling it warns could have a “devastating” effect on the wider internet.
Australia plans laws to make social networks identify trolls
Australia plans to introduce laws that could force social networks to reveal the identities of trolls, raising privacy questions.
Xbox Cloud Gaming goes live in Australia, Japan, Brazil and Mexico
Action JRPG 'Scarlet Nexus' is now on Game Pass.
CNN restricts access to its Facebook pages in Australia
CNN has become the first US media organization to restrict Australians' access to its Facebook pages.
YouTube suspends Sky News Australia uploads over COVID-19 misinformation
YouTube has blocked Sky News Australia from uploading videos for a week over COVID-19 misinformation.
A Tesla Megapack caught fire at the Victorian Big Battery facility in Australia
A Tesla Megapack caught fire at the Victorian Big Battery energy storage facility in Geelong, Victoria in south-east Australia.
The FBI operated an 'encrypted' chat app for organized criminals
The FBI secretly ran an encrypted chat app, known as Anom, as part of a global sting operation.
Google found to have 'partially' misled Australian users in location tracking case
The Australian Federal Court has ruled that Google "partially" misled users in the country when it comes to how it collects and uses location data.
Facebook will pay News Corp to use its content in Australia
Facebook has signed a three-year deal that would give it permission to use content from News Corp properties in Australia.
Australian Parliament passes law that requires Google, Facebook to pay for news
The Australian law that makes it mandatory for companies like Google and Facebook to pay for news they use is ready to be enforced.
Facebook will roll back its block on news posts in Australia
After blocking news posts in Australia for a few days, Facebook has reversed course.
Facebook is back to talking with Australian authorities over news block
According to Reuters, Facebook is currently in negotiations with Australian authorities, a few days after it blocked users in the country from sharing news links.
Facebook's Australian news ban took down government Pages
When Facebook started blocking Australian publishers and residents from posting or sharing news content earlier, government agencies and even non-profit organizations got caught in the crossfire.
