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Facebook is much better than it was in 2016 at tackling election interference but cannot guarantee the site won’t be used to undermine May’s European Parliament elections, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says.
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Tech titans would be breaking Australian law if they didn’t take down footage of terrorist acts as soon as they learned about them, under proposed changes the prime minister will put to their top brass.
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Up to one in 50 Australian Facebook users may have had their personal information accessed by political consultancy agency Cambridge Analytica, the social media giant has revealed.
To Mark Zuckerberg, fixing Facebook means many things – protecting users from abuse, preventing elections meddling from malicious actors, weeding out fake news and “making sure time spent on Facebook is well spent.”
Reports of a Facebook user overseas being convicted of defamation by simply “liking” a post should sound loud warning bells for all Australian social media users, writes Adelaide lawyer Natalie Abela.
If a stranger offered a child free lollies in return for their picture, the parent would justifiably be angry. When this occurs on Facebook, they may not even realise it’s happening.
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