All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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Facebook’s Supreme Court Receives an Appeal Every 24 Seconds
Meta’s Oversight Board, the Supreme Court-esque body formed as a check on Facebook and Instagram’s content moderation decisions, received nearly 1.3 million appeals to the tech giant’s decisions last year. That mammoth figure amounts to an appeal every 24 seconds, 3,537 cases a day. The vast majority of those appeals involved alleged violations of just…
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Tech News: 5 Things to Know in Australia Today
From a CBA penalty to Dell in hot water, here are five things headlining tech news in Australia.
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Google Brings AI to Priceline to Help Plan Your Vacations
The days of relying on a travel agent may be making a come-back, but not with humans. Google is reportedly bringing its own AI engine to online travel agency Priceline (not the pharmacy) to help customers book trips through a chatbot.
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Instagram Bans, Unbans Facebook Critic, and It Won’t Say Why
The Real Facebook Oversight Board (RFOB), a prominent internet advocacy organisation, had its Instagram account abruptly suspended over the weekend after it posted content critical of Meta’s recent threat to cut off news access to news links in Canada and California. Though Meta has since lifted the suspension, consumer advocacy groups speaking with Gizmodo feared…