Australia
Australia’s draconian anti-encryption laws mean device makers blacklist Australian telecoms firms
Telecoms giant Telstra has made a plea to the government, showing them the harmful effects the law is having on their business.
Australia’s anti-encryption bill is allowing the government to openly spy on journalists
Here’s another consequence of Australia’s shockingly invasive law.
Australia encryption laws causing customers to avoid Australian tech companies
Vault Systems joins others in saying that Australia’s law is hurting Australian businesses.
2 billion smart home records left exposed on the internet
The Orvibo website claims that the company supports millions of IoT devices and it can guarantee that data are safe and secured. However, researchers discovered otherwise.
Media companies are somehow responsible for Facebook comments on articles, Australian Supreme Court Rules
It’s not yet known how the court expects media companies to be responsible for the comments of their users when they can’t turn off comments.
Australian retailer gives away Google Home Minis – but at what “cost”?
They can give them away because it’s your data that you pay with.
Australian journalist Annika Smethurst reported on the Australian government’s invasive spying on its own people. As a result, her home was raided by police
Australia has been criticized for its heavy-handed approach in recent years.
Netflix is actively trying to get pirate sites blocked by ISPs
ISPs are increasingly being used as tools of censorship.
Facebook starts funding university research projects to “counter hate speech”
Facebook is now turning to academia to get make the subjective term “hate speech” more credible.
Australians who use free public WiFi in McDonalds of coffee shops could be giving data over to police
Australia’s attitude to public surveillance is second only to China.
The design app Canva has suffered a major hack
Data for 139 million users were also present in the database.
Game of Thrones broke piracy records
It’s been the most pirated show of the last decade.