Facebook and Google’s publicity campaigns against Australia’s new media regulations show they’re worried other countries will follow suit.
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The code seems to oversimplify how news content on big digital platforms should be assigned commercial value.
The NZ government’s “Keep it real online” campaign has gone viral, so what was the secret of its success?
For many years, political operatives have been perfecting their use of the internet’s vast array of social media platforms, websites and digital tools.
Increasing numbers of children, and adults, want to be social media influencers. They would be better off aspiring to be astronauts.
Many sites offer the ability to ‘opt out’ of targeted advertisements, but doing so isn’t easy. Simplifying and standardizing opt-outs would help improve privacy on the web.
Online gambling algorithims and blurred lines on what constitutes an advert on social media mean advertising principles are being flouted.
Rather than revealing an advertiser targeted you by your phone number or email address, Facebook may tell you it showed you a particular ad because you like Facebook. That’s not much help.
YouTube channels are increasingly targeting children, but research shows these young viewers may not understand when they are being sold to.
Facebook’s focus on personalizing ads has created new tools for businesses to interact with customers and to connect coworkers.
After 15 years of Facebook, the ways brands use it for marketing and advertising have changed – right alongside the way people make decisions as they scroll through a never-ending feed of information.
Facebook has been acting irresponsibly and selfishly, and promising to do better without actually improving. But that’s not the whole story: The company has some positive qualities, too.
The European Union has issued its first fine, cracking down on companies that misuse users’ personal data. Why hasn’t the US taken a similarly strong approach?
Without much delay, Facebook and Twitter could make significant changes to limit political manipulation and propaganda. Will they? And will users ask it of the social media giants?
As Google turns 20, a look at how the company has grown – and what the next two decades might bring for the company.
Allegations that the newspaper has been promising positive coverage in return for payments have rocked the big-selling London newspaper.
Facebook and Google already face a legal complaint in the wake of the new data protection law, but the most precious data still isn’t covered.
When thinking about regulating them, it’s useful to know Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft have some similarities. But generally they’re not competing with each other – or anyone else.
As the internet-connected world reels from revelations about personalized manipulation based on Facebook data, a scholar of virtual reality warns there’s an even bigger crisis of trust on the horizon.
Brands need to build trust by being transparent about how they collect data.
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Technology & Society, Bangor University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Media, School of Media, Film, and Journalism, Monash University
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Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University
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Fellow for Cyber-security and Internet Governance, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Lecturer in Marketing, Research School of Management, Australian National University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology