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Meta’s decision to end factchecking to prioritise “free speech” has prompted alarm among social media experts, as well as questions about the ethics of using its platforms such as Instagram.

Three papers have now been published in the peer-reviewed journal Global Perspectives (University of California Press) arising from the 2024 International Communications Association (ICA) post-conference on News Industries: Funding Innovations and Futures. The event was held on the Gold Coast, Australia, on June 25, 2024.

Just days out from the United States presidential election last month, X (formerly Twitter) suddenly crippled the ability of many major media and political organisations to reach audiences on the social media platform.

Australian lawmakers on Thursday approved a landmark ban on social media for children under 16 in some of the world’s toughest such controls.

When you opened this story, in all likelihood you used Google Chrome to do it. The ubiquitous internet browser, owned by US tech giant Alphabet, is the preferred platform for an estimated 65 per cent of the world’s web users – both on the computers or smartphones.

Listen to this entertaining interview with Dr Timothy Koskie examining Australian culture and how US trends have influenced Australians over the years.

Fake images and social media posts created by bots could erode and undermine trust in democratic systems and communities, as the US is finding out.

Australia’s media concentration ranked second-worst in world as experts call for levy on tech firm. Google and Meta should fund traditional public interest journalism, a new international study reports.

Fair access to news and information. Dr Rob Nicholls, Professor Terry Flew (Discipline of Media and Communications), Cameron McTernan (UniSA) and Associate Professor Scott Fitzgerald (Curtin) propose alternative approaches for major tech players in Australia’s concentrated media economy to invest in public interest journalism.

Le milliardaire américain a traité les dirigeants de l’île-continent de « fascistes » à la suite de la présentation d’un projet de loi sur la désinformation en ligne. Ceux-ci ont répliqué.