
Australian Government casts net to catch online trolls
Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms would have to identify the sources of defamatory and toxic posts under Canberra legislation, writes Michelle Grattan.
Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms would have to identify the sources of defamatory and toxic posts under Canberra legislation, writes Michelle Grattan.
Routine maintenance on Facebook’s network stitching together its data centres caused a collapse of its global system for more than six hours, the company says.
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UPDATED | Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are at least partially reconnected to the global internet, six hours into an outage that paralysed the social media platform.
The social media giant is tightening privacy controls for young Instagram users, but development of an app for under-13s is raising concerns, writes Tama Leaver.
Solstice Media, publisher of InDaily, SALIFE and CityMag, has finalised financial agreements with Google and Facebook as part of their programs to pay established Australian media outlets producing public-interest journalism.
Facebook has struck content deals with Australia’s two largest media companies, News Corp and Nine Entertainment, following the recent introduction of bargaining laws.