Australia
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.
Australia is set to be the next open surveillance state
A China-style social credit is on the way to Australia, a new report suggests.
In Australia, political parties are exempt from privacy laws – and they’re making the most of it
Australians would be “disgusted” if they knew the data political parties were collecting.
Australian PM proposes oppressive new social media laws
It would be some of the strictest laws in the world for social media use.
Australian report reveals the problems with email tracking in political campaigns
Email tracking is on the rise.