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Digital Privacy

  • Smart Glasses Could Become a Powerful Tool for Extremists, Researcher Warns
    Smart Glasses Could Become a Powerful Tool for Extremists, Researcher Warns
    James Paterson said smart glasses could make extremist activities more hands-free, less conspicuous and increasingly integrated with artificial intelligence.
    September 4, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Telstra Fined $277,000 Over SIM-Swap Fraud Failures
    Telstra Fined $277,000 Over SIM-Swap Fraud Failures
    ACMA found that between January and October 2025, Telstra failed to carry out the required identity authentication checks ...
    September 3, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Australia Says No to a Smart Glasses Import Ban, Cites Concern With Trade Retaliation
    Australia Says No to a Smart Glasses Import Ban, Cites Concern With Trade Retaliation
    Michelle Rowland has ruled out an import ban, suggesting instead that councils and businesses regulate their use in ...
    August 31, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Australians Could Receive Power to Erase Personal Data Collected Online
    Australians Could Receive Power to Erase Personal Data Collected Online
    Attorney-General Michelle Rowland confirmed that the erasure right would extend to social media platforms and search engines.
    August 31, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Northern Territory Says Canberra Shouldn’t Dictate How Data Centres Are Powered
    Northern Territory Says Canberra Shouldn’t Dictate How Data Centres Are Powered
    Labor is moving to establish a national framework and require data centre providers cover the cost of their ...
    August 25, 2026BY Monica O’Shea
  • Brisbane Council Bans Smart Glasses From Public Pools Over Privacy Concerns
    Brisbane Council Bans Smart Glasses From Public Pools Over Privacy Concerns
    The ban comes as global smart-glass sales surge and cheaper options become increasingly available.
    August 25, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • New Zealand Pledges Under-16 Social Media Ban, Big Tech Required to Infer User Age
    New Zealand Pledges Under-16 Social Media Ban, Big Tech Required to Infer User Age
    Two of the three governing parties oppose the bill, raising questions about its passage.
    August 25, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Kids’ Game Given 3 Months to Bolster Child Safety
    Kids’ Game Given 3 Months to Bolster Child Safety
    The eSafety Commission alleged Roblox does not have adequate measures to prevent contact between adults and under-16s.
    August 19, 2026BY AAP
  • Big Tech Firms Admit Under-16s Still Accessing Social Media Despite Ban
    Big Tech Firms Admit Under-16s Still Accessing Social Media Despite Ban
    Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat acknowledged that young people were circumventing age checks, but said they were working ...
    August 19, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • 40 Percent of Doctors Use AI Scribes, but a Report Warns They Can ‘Hallucinate’ Patient Data
    40 Percent of Doctors Use AI Scribes, but a Report Warns They Can ‘Hallucinate’ Patient Data
    AI scribes are increasingly being used to record conversations between doctor and patient.
    August 19, 2026BY Jerry Zhu
  • Major Supermarket Explores Facial Recognition Technology as Retail Interest Grows
    Major Supermarket Explores Facial Recognition Technology as Retail Interest Grows
    Coles said it had conducted a controlled proof-of-concept test of facial recognition technology but had not done a ...
    August 18, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Digital Rights Group Says Social Media Ban Not Working, Call for Algorithm to Be Exposed
    Digital Rights Group Says Social Media Ban Not Working, Call for Algorithm to Be Exposed
    Digital rights groups have argued against Australia's under-16 social media ban, calling for other methods to be used.
    August 14, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • South Australia Announces Country’s 1st Royal Commission Probe Into AI
    South Australia Announces Country’s 1st Royal Commission Probe Into AI
    'We can choose to set the guardrails and the policy frameworks to ensure that we use AI in ...
    August 10, 2026BY AAP
  • LinkedIn Set to Pay Australian News Companies for Content
    LinkedIn Set to Pay Australian News Companies for Content
    Big Tech firms face a 2.5 percent tax on their revenue if they do not enter deals with ...
    August 3, 2026BY Jerry Zhu
  • AI Is Reading Your Dreams. HR May Be Next
    AI Is Reading Your Dreams. HR May Be Next
    Sleeping on the job may soon be counted as work, or maybe not.
    July 29, 2026BY Nicole James
  • Energy Red Tape Could ‘Stall AI Data Centre Boom’
    Energy Red Tape Could ‘Stall AI Data Centre Boom’
    Requiring data centres to put more energy into the grid than they take out is a nice concept ...
    July 19, 2026BY AAP
  • Treasurer Says AI Boom Won’t Lead to Public Service Job Cuts
    Treasurer Says AI Boom Won’t Lead to Public Service Job Cuts
    His comments come a day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled part of his vision for AI regulation ...
    July 16, 2026BY Daniel Y. Teng
  • Police Facial Recognition Van Scans 130,000 Faces of Passersby in First Week
    Police Facial Recognition Van Scans 130,000 Faces of Passersby in First Week
    The technology scans the faces of passers-by, instantly matching them against a database of wanted criminals and missing ...
    July 2, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Five Eyes Agencies Seek Tech Companies’ Cooperation to Combat Online Radicalisation
    Five Eyes Agencies Seek Tech Companies’ Cooperation to Combat Online Radicalisation
    A new partnership between tech companies and law enforcement agencies was announced at a meeting of the Five ...
    June 14, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Cybercrime Costs for Large Businesses Surge 219 Percent: ASD
    Cybercrime Costs for Large Businesses Surge 219 Percent: ASD
    The average cost of cybercrime for large businesses has risen by 219 percent in the 2025 financial year, ...
    June 11, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Cybercrime Victims Face ‘Massive Unmet Need’ for Support, Research Institute Says
    Cybercrime Victims Face ‘Massive Unmet Need’ for Support, Research Institute Says
    The scale of cybercrime and the number of victims it creates mean law enforcement is struggling to keep ...
    June 11, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Apple CEO Praises Australian PM for Under-16 Social Media Ban
    Apple CEO Praises Australian PM for Under-16 Social Media Ban
    Anthony Albanese has also been invited to visit Apple headquarters during his next state visit.
    June 9, 2026BY Naziya Alvi Rahman
  • No ‘Fine Issuing Button’: eSafety on Compliance Issues With Under-16 Social Media Ban
    No ‘Fine Issuing Button’: eSafety on Compliance Issues With Under-16 Social Media Ban
    'Systemic non-compliance needs to be proven in court with solid evidence and complex legal proceedings,' said Australia's eSafety ...
    May 27, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • Elon Musk’s X to Pay $750,000 After Delayed Replies to eSafety Commissioner
    Elon Musk’s X to Pay $750,000 After Delayed Replies to eSafety Commissioner
    Failure to fully comply on time with an eSafety Commissioner request has cost social media platform X Corp ...
    May 21, 2026BY Crystal-Rose Jones
  • eSafety Commissioner Defends Use of Informal Notices After Tribunal Finds Practice Unlawful
    eSafety Commissioner Defends Use of Informal Notices After Tribunal Finds Practice Unlawful
    The office says the approach helps address online harm, after a case that cost more than $300,000 in ...
    April 24, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Roblox, Fortnite Among Gaming Platforms Put on Notice Over Child Grooming Risks
    Roblox, Fortnite Among Gaming Platforms Put on Notice Over Child Grooming Risks
    Julie Inman-Grant is seeking answers on how gaming platforms prevent the grooming and radicalisation of children.
    April 22, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
  • Young Australians Turning to AI for Mental Health Support, Report Finds
    Young Australians Turning to AI for Mental Health Support, Report Finds
    Almost twice as many young people asked a chatbot for mental health advice as those who rang a ...
    April 17, 2026BY Rex Widerstrom
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