- Opinion
- Digital hygiene
Instagram falsely accused me of vile behaviour. Now I’m locked out of my life
Meta banned me over mistaken “child sexual exploitation, abuse and nudity” alerts. This is the same tech giant that’s just been fined more than $500 million for enabling child sexual exploitation.
- Sarah Curnow
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- Analysis
- Social media
The walls are closing in on Mark Zuckerberg
Juries in two US states this week found Meta liable for harming children. With 2000 more cases pending, Zuckerberg’s nightmare is just starting.
- David Swan
- Analysis
- Social media
Zuckerberg faces his ‘Big Tobacco’ moment
Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley are on edge after a pair of landmark court losses.
- David Swan
Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
A jury finds the tech giants were negligent in the design of their apps and failed to warn about their dangers.
- Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen, Kaitlyn Huamani and Barbara Ortutay
A mum wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband died. She was just convicted of his murder
The debt-ridden author slipped five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in a cocktail and falsely believed she would inherit his multimillion-dollar estate, prosecutors say.
- Hannah Schoenbaum
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- News Bargaining Incentive
Google, Meta take aim at Australian plan for tech giants to pay for journalism
A powerful trade group has branded Australia’s plans to force the tech giants to support local media a “tax” that could breach Australia’s free trade deal with the US.
- John Buckley
Zuckerberg grilled over Meta age limits and youth strategy at social media addiction trial
The Meta CEO was quizzed on key decisions, including a 2015 memo in which he said he wanted to “reverse the teen trend” and “increase time spent by 12 per cent”.
- Madlin Mekelburg and Riley Griffin
‘Billionaire bunker’ blooms as Zuckerberg moves house
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has joined the exodus of the ultrarich out of California seeking to avoid a new “wealth tax” by moving to a luxury private island.
- Lily Shanagher
- Opinion
- World markets
The looming D-Day that has sent shivers through Wall Street
It is becoming apparent that a critical moment for markets may not be too far away.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Sex offender ‘vigilante’ spared jail for Facebook posts
The first person charged with misusing a landmark public sex offender registry has been spared jail after he posted details of an offender in a Facebook community group.
- Rex Martinich