by Rosalyn Page | Jun 29, 2020 | digital advertising, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, Facebook, hate speech, media strategy, Social Media Marketing
Facebook has announced it’s tightening its rules around hurtful content as more brands boycott the platform. Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, shared the platform’s renewed efforts from its second civil rights audit.
by Nadia Cameron | Jun 26, 2020 | ACMA, digital advertising, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, Facebook, fake news, media regulation, misinformation, Social Media Marketing
Harmful content, misinformation and fake news are firmly in the spotlight this week as protests escalate against the spread of racially insensitive content on social platforms and a new code of conduct for digital platforms enters circulation.
by Rosalyn Page | May 28, 2020 | adtech, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), cookies, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, OAIC, privacy, privacy act, privacy commissioner, privacy laws
IAB Australia hosted a data governance and consumer privacy webinar recently. As part of this, principal of one of Australia's most respected experts in privacy law and practice, Salinger Privacy, Anna Johnston, shared her thoughts on the future of privacy for the...
by Nadia Cameron | May 19, 2020 | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), digital platforms inquiry, media companies, news media
The ACCC has put the call out for submissions to its new mandatory code of conduct governing Australia’s news media and digital platforms, a move aimed at helping address the imbalance between traditional media companies and Google and Facebook.
by Rosalyn Page | May 11, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19. coronavirus, COVIDSafe, digital platform, digital platforms inquiry, privacy, privacy legislation
Coronavirus tracing apps, temperature sensing drones, phone apps to monitor social distancing, tech giants sharing smartphone location and mobility data - the COVID-19 pandemic is revealing the many ways technology and data can be used to protect human health. But at...
by Rosalyn Page | Apr 20, 2020 | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), COVID-19, COVID-19. coronavirus, digital platforms inquiry, media companies, News Corporation, Nine Network
Digital platforms like Facebook and Google will be required to pay news outlets for hosting their content as part of a mandatory code of conduct the Australian government is planning to introduce.
