Australian regulators fine X for dodging questions about CSAM responseGoogle also received a formal warning, but X’s violation ‘was more serious.’By W. Shanklin, 10.16.2023
Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS feature arrives in New Zealand and AustraliaIt could be a big help on two countries with some huge cellular dead zones.By S. Dent, 05.15.2023
Twitter finally starts rolling out the edit button, but US users will have to waitTwitter Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand will get the feature first.By K. Holt, 10.03.2022
Australia's top court rules Google isn't a publisherThe company could have been held liable for linking to defamatory websites.By J. Fingas, 08.17.2022
Kmart halts use of in-store facial recognition amid Australian privacy investigationBunnings is also halting its use of the technology.By J. Fingas, 07.25.2022
Atlassian co-founder takes big step toward shutting down Australia's coal powerA massive power company may have to switch to clean energy 10 years early.By J. Fingas, 05.30.2022
Facebook accused of deliberately blocking government and health pages in AustraliaWhistleblowers say the platform wanted more negotiating power in the event of a potential law. By A. Khalid, 05.05.2022
Google claims court ruling would force it to 'censor' the internetThe company appealed to Australia's High Court to overturn a defamation case. By I. Bonifacic, 01.23.2022
Australia plans laws to make social networks identify trollsPrivacy could take a hit in the country.By J. Fingas, 11.28.2021
Xbox Cloud Gaming goes live in Australia, Japan, Brazil and MexicoAction JRPG 'Scarlet Nexus' is now on Game Pass.By K. Holt, 09.30.2021
CNN restricts access to its Facebook pages in AustraliaThe country's high court decided that media companies are liable for other people's Facebook comments.By M. Moon, 09.29.2021
YouTube suspends Sky News Australia uploads over COVID-19 misinformationIt's a rare instance of a major news network facing a YouTube ban.By J. Fingas, 08.01.2021
A Tesla Megapack caught fire at the Victorian Big Battery facility in AustraliaA toxic smoke warning was reportedly issued in nearby areas.By S. Shah, 07.30.2021
The FBI operated an 'encrypted' chat app for organized criminalsMessages intercepted from the "Anom" platform spurred a global crime sting.By S. Shah, 06.08.2021
Google found to have 'partially' misled Australian users in location tracking caseThe case was filed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in 2019.By M. Moon, 04.16.2021
Facebook will pay News Corp to use its content in AustraliaThe companies signed a three-year agreement.By M. Moon, 03.16.2021
Australian Parliament passes law that requires Google, Facebook to pay for newsOfficials approved the changes that came from their negotiations with Facebook.By M. Moon, 02.25.2021
Facebook will roll back its block on news posts in AustraliaIn 'the coming days' Facebook will restore news posts for Australians.By R. Lawler, 02.22.2021
Facebook is back to talking with Australian authorities over news blockThe social site blocked Australian publishers from posting on the platform.By M. Moon, 02.20.2021
Facebook's Australian news ban took down government PagesIt also affected non-profit organizations.By M. Moon, 02.17.2021