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Politics & Society

The Facebook trick online gambling is using to target Australians

New research has found some overseas online casinos are illegally targeting Australians using Facebook ads – and it’s a big problem

Politics & Society

Australia vs Facebook: Regulating the market of attention

Facebook’s move to block Australian users and publishers from viewing or sharing news may look like it’s about content – but it all comes back to advertising revenue

Politics & Society

ACCC doubles down on digital platforms

While there are no quick fixes, the ACCC’s final report into digital platforms in Australia finds that powerful tech giants like Google and Facebook warrant close competition scrutiny

Business & Economics

Why data is king

We love Google and Facebook. We’ve helped turn them into two of the biggest digital giants in the world. But there’s a tension between our privacy and our data as a valuable business commodity

Politics & Society

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Podcast

Your online life after death

From algorithms that post tweets for us after we die to bequeathing a digital legacy to our families – death is being disrupted by technology

Business & Economics

They’re using my face

What cosmetic bloggers and the Cambridge Analytica saga tell us about protection from misleading conduct

Sciences & Technology

Data privacy and power

We need to rein-in data harvesting with more user control and simply less data collection

Sciences & Technology

Facebook, the Government and revenge porn

Facebook and the Australian government are piloting a scheme to tackle revenge porn, but does it ask too much of potential victims to give up their privacy in order to gain privacy?

Arts & Culture

The Facebook debate verdict is a potential goldmine for the politicians

It might have been awkward at times, but the Great Debate would reached new audiences – and will keep doing so

Education

How gender shapes our Facebook chats

Psychologists and computer scientists team up to study which words we use, and why