The Prime Minister has revealed tougher measures will shortly be introduced to parliament as part of a world-first crackdown on social media companies.
Ria Pandey
Australia’s world-first social media laws will be strengthened after a concerning admission by the nation’s online safety watchdog.
A scam victim has revealed the devastating moment they lost their entire life savings in a 10-minute call to a scammer using sophisticated technology to impersonate a bank.
Blake Antrobus
An Iran-backed group could carry out assassinations on Australian soil as global terror threats rise, the nation’s spy chief has revealed.
Nathan Schmidt
A high-profile senator has accused the government of “secrecy” after speculation of a carve-out for AI in Australian copyright laws.
Locked out of accounts, charged unfairly or unable to get help, a study has found most Australians suffer online disputes every year.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
A copyright watchdog has made bombshell claims on AI companies taking hundreds of songs from iconic Aussie artists like Kylie Minogue without permission or payment.
David Hannant
Digital platforms are being flooded with AI-generated misinformation and many Australians are not checking before spreading it further.
A major telco insists customers still had access to emergency services despite its network going down for a large part of the day.
Robyn Wuth and Andrew Stafford
Canada has introduced legislation to bar children under 16 from having social media accounts, joining an Australia-led global effort to tighten online safety.
Maria Cheng
A Channel 7 reporter has taken to social media to share how she was made redundant from the network while on maternity leave, as hundreds across the company are cut.
Emma Kirk, Jack Nivison
Thousands of Australians are reporting trouble with their mobile phone service, with smartphone snags responsible for almost half of all ombudsman complaints.
Internet and mobile services provider TPG Telecom says an expanded network means its Vodafone brand now has the credibility to compete with Telstra and Optus.
Derek Rose
A leading ABC star has broken ranks with his own employer over the broadcaster’s new podcast launched by former Australian of the Year Grace Tame.
Emma Kirk
A rush to knock 20 per cent off car registration costs has crashed one state’s public services app and website.
Blair Jackson
The ABC trialled using artificial intelligence to rewrite radio news bulletins for online, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.
Australians have been issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence, with a leading human rights group warning we are “not ready”.
The eSafety commissioner has revealed a key detail about why a popular app may be included in Australia’s landmark under-16 social media ban.
Nathan Schmidt and Ria Pandey
WA is weeks away from being plugged into one of the biggest upgrades to the nation’s internet backbone in a generation, as a new subsea cable strengthens Perth’s role as a strategic digital hub.
Ryan Johnson
An Australian parliamentarian and three staffers were targeted in a WhatsApp hack believed to have been orchestrated by a “foreign state actor”.
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has received a $750,000 penalty after failing to address a list of questions from the eSafety Commissioner.
Liam Beatty
Furious customers have unleashed on a budget retailer after it announced it was winding down operations - with one blunt response attracting particular outrage.
Most households are not accessing the full speed of their broadband connections, research shows, and the reasons are surprising.
Mobile plans with the major Australian telcos go up again on Monday, handing customers a price hike well above three times the inflation rate.
