Opinion
Social media
Perth family’s trauma shows how social media has polluted our society
Financial crime, sexual exploitation, mental abuse, narcissism, intimidation and misinformation is flooding these platforms, and we need to make it stop now.
- by Gary Adshead
Latest
‘Antisemitic stereotypes’: Meta to remove more posts attacking ‘Zionists’
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company has dramatically expanded its hate speech policy.
- by Kurt Wagner
Analysis
Media & marketing
‘Sobering reality’: What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like
With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies, is there a way out of the advertising downturn, or is it time to face up to a new normal?
- by Calum Jaspan
Editorial
LNP
NSW Liberal leader must stand his ground against junior Coalition partners
After 97 uninterrupted years, one side of the NSW Coalition is contemplating going its separate way.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Social media
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court win threatens to expose Facebook’s trillion-dollar secrets
How does Facebook interact with fraudsters who book scam ads on its platform? Billionaire Andrew Forrest is about to find out.
- by Colin Kruger
PM slams ‘arrogant’ social media giants over child safety
Meta representatives told a parliamentary hearing on Friday that social media provides “tremendous benefits” to children.
- by Mike Foley
‘Like dealing with Big Tobacco in the 70s’: Meta denies teen problems
At a parliamentary hearing, Meta executives confirmed the company was considering removing news links from its platforms if the government forced it to pay for Australian journalism.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Social media
A teen social media ban will drive them to secrecy – that’s exactly what predators want
Teenagers by nature strive to find a way to engage in whatever their parents try to ban. They’re not pet dogs. They will get over fences.
- by Sonia Orchard
Jobs on the line as media chiefs unite in stinging rebuke of Meta
The bosses of Nine, News Corp and Seven West Media have called for a potential ban on Facebook if parent company Meta fails to comply with local laws and values.
- by Calum Jaspan
Analysis
Social media
Twiggy v Facebook: Decision looms in billionaire’s anti-scam battle
Billionaire Andrew Forrest has now spent years battling Facebook for allowing scam ads, but the problem is only getting worse.
- by Colin Kruger
Analysis
AI
Facebook, Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out
If you’re one of the millions of Australians using Facebook or Instagram, Meta is using your data to train its AI – and unlike people in the European Union, you can’t stop them.
- by David Swan