The communications watchdog will be given new powers to crack down on misinformation on digital platforms under proposed federal laws.
Experts are calling for changes to privacy laws after Meta revealed Australian photos from Facebook and Instagram were being used to train AI tools.
Some young people will get around an age limit on social media but a ban is still needed to protect children, the prime minister says.
American legal experts have taken the stand in Federal Court as lawyers for the social network known as X argue it should not have to pay Twitter's fines.
Mental health services and youth advocacy groups say they will find it harder to connect with young people if the government goes ahead with a social media ban.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is unveiling plans to introduce age limits for social media as new research highlights its negative impact on life satisfaction.
X Corp should not be responsible for fines issued to Twitter by the Australian eSafety Commissioner, its lawyers argued, as they are different companies.
Artificial intelligence has been met with both concern and hype but government guidelines could help regulate its use in high-risk situations.
Facebook parent company Meta has told an inquiry it did not intend to block news stories from its platforms in August, but it is keeping its options open.
Most Australians have struggled to cancel a subscription and some have given up entirely, a report has warned amid calls for legal reforms.
Generative AI tools are a concern for a growing number of Australians, a report has found, even though only two in five have tried the technology.
Lifting the age limit for children on social media platforms would leave existing users adrift, Snapchat's safety head says, and should be a family decision.
Amazon is testing AI-generated voices for audiobooks in the absence of guidance, its executives say, as government officials reveal AI rules are in the works.
Australia does not have enough cybersecurity specialists to protect consumers from further data breaches, a report warns, amid calls for greater training.
More copper connections have been replaced with faster fibre over the past year, NBN Co has revealed, but the broadband boost proved expensive.
The man dubbed Mr Democracy Manifest and responsible for one of Australia's most famous viral memes has died aged 82 after a battle with cancer.
A joint state government summit on social media will address its "profound" harm on young people, and inform moves to impose age restrictions.
Tech companies treat child sexual abuse content with "wilful blindness" but the online safety watchdog will soon force them to face uncomfortable truths.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Australia remains in the "recovery stage" from a massive global tech outage as government agencies and industry representatives meet to discuss next steps.
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.
Young Australians report worsening mental health since some of the most popular social media platforms entered their lives.
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.
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.
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.
Lawmakers and experts in child protection policies are expected to appear at a federal social media inquiry following controversial claims by Meta.
Social media giants have been criticised by the prime minister after a Meta executive told a parliamentary inquiry their platforms hadn't harmed children.
Banishing Australian news content from Facebook could devastate media outlets and disadvantage audiences, an inquiry into social media has heard.
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