Tech companies treat child sexual abuse content with "wilful blindness" but the online safety watchdog will soon force them to face uncomfortable truths.
The eSafety commissioner has called for more powers to tackle apps that enable image-based abuse by using artificial intelligence to undress or "nudify" women.
More Australians are turning to artificial intelligence technology to learn new skills, a Google report shows, but others want to identify when it's being used.
A senior government minister is warning it could be up to two weeks before Australia's systems return to normal after the hugely disruptive CrowdStrike outage.
Australia remains in the "recovery stage" from a massive global tech outage as government agencies and industry representatives meet to discuss next steps.
Commerce groups say that businesses hit by the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike probably won't be compensated and should use it as a learning experience.
Banishing Australian news content from Facebook could devastate media outlets and disadvantage audiences, an inquiry into social media has heard.
Social media giants have been criticised by the prime minister after a Meta executive told a parliamentary inquiry their platforms hadn't harmed children.
Lawmakers and experts in child protection policies are expected to appear at a federal social media inquiry following controversial claims by Meta.
A $6.5 million age-assurance technology trial will test whether it can prevent teens accessing social networks and whether adults are willing to use it.
Internet behemoth Google paid Australia's top two telcos to be the default search engine on Android phones for seven years, the competition watchdog has found.
Telstra and Optus have agreed to stop accepting payments from Google under deals to pre-install the tech giant's search software as default on their phones.
Young Australians report worsening mental health since some of the most popular social media platforms entered their lives.
One of Australia's largest cybersecurity organisations is launching a training course just for women as research shows they make up only one in five workers.
Laws that would force Facebook to show and pay for Australian news, as well as tax changes, are being considered by the government, an inquiry has revealed.
Academics at six universities are teaming up to create a national body to investigate online misinformation, social media risks and missing regulations.
Apple has revealed plans to put ChatGPT in iPhones and, with Google and Samsung embracing AI tools, experts say they will soon be ubiquitous.
Pornography is driving bad behaviour in Australian schools with an artificial intelligence deepfake scandal reflective of a crisis, experts have warned.
Most Australians worry artificial intelligence technology will be used to mislead voters and would like to see it banned from political ads.
Some phone apps and websites have little to no protections to stop people from using AI-image generation to create porn from photos without a person's consent.
Politicians of all stripes have chastised social media giant X and billionaire owner Elon Musk for fighting an order to remove graphic content after a stabbing.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told social media users to think "before you press send" following the Bondi Junction shopping centre massacre.
Artificial intelligence has become a hot topic for web searches in Australia, according to Google, causing a record-breaking number of web searches.
New rules for search engines will ban child abuse and terrorist content in Australia but will also seek to prevent abuse images being created by AI tools.
More than nine million households and businesses could get a significant boost to their broadband connection later in 2024 following fibre upgrades.
The firm behind Facebook has bold ambitions for artificial intelligence, with Mark Zuckerberg announcing plans to create the world's most popular AI services.
Several Socceroos were showered with personal abuse at the Asian Cup, with centre-back Harry Souttar saying the targeted criticism crossed a line.
Australia's top cybersecurity agency has issued guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence technology, warning businesses about privacy and data risks.
Anti-Semitic posts and extreme misinformation have been appearing on social media platform X - alongside ads from Australian companies.
Pressure is mounting for an investigation into what a port operator knew about the risks of a cyberattack that affected thousands of container deliveries.
Major ports are almost back to full capacity following a large-scale cyber attack, with attention turning to industrial action threatening further disruptions.
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