Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Australia Expands Digital ID Ambitions With New Legislation
Digital ID push.
Australian Government Blocked Websites With “Informal” Requests, Meaning Takedown Requests Went Unrecorded
Avoiding official procedure.
Australian Consumer Group Calls for Government Action on Social Media Users Who Give Paid Health Advice Without Qualifications
Calls for a crackdown on “misinformation.”
Australia’s Attorney-General Says Facebook and YouTube Should Be Treated as Publishers
The idea is spreading outside of the US.
Australia Sets Up a New Antitrust Branch to Monitor Facebook and Google
The branch will eventually span out to monitoring other platforms. They’re starting with what they see as the worst offenders – FB and Google.
Google Is Accused of Paying for Fake News Campaigns to Influence Policy in Washington
For the past two years the company has been America’s biggest lobbying spender, with a record $21 million used towards this end last year alone.
Google Is Building “Shadow Profiles” of Its Users, Tech Company Oracle Claims
Google – that started off as an internet search company, but is now often accused of making its billions by tracking users’ activities and then making this data available to “3rd party” advertisers – has recently been under fire at home as well.