The Weekly Cybers #101
It’s a short one before the long weekend. The government passes its hate speech legislation, the UK looks set to get its own teen social media ban, and Microsoft boss Satya Nadella really wants us to use AI.
The Weekly Cybers #100
Nations start banning Grok AI, Australia's hastily-conceived antisemitism and hate crime bill looks set to fail, Victorian schools data gets hacked, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #99
We’re back early! Happy 2026. Elon Musk’s AI image editor is removing women’s and children’s clothing, Australian teens are working around the social media ban, and a hacker kills white supremacist websites live on stage.
The Weekly Cybers #98
Bondi Beach mass shooting prompts new speech restrictions, X wins appeal against video takedowns, ASIS lifts its skirts, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #97
Australia’s social media age restrictions have come into force. It’s too early to judge their success or otherwise, obviously, but there’s plenty of commentary. And AI continues to dominate the rest of the news.
The Weekly Cybers #96
Australia gets a National AI Plan without safety “guardrails”, the social media age restrictions are just five days away, the government is to target “dark patterns”, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #95
With just 12 days to go there’s yet more news about Australia’s social media age restrictions, a new AI Safety Institute, and so many other stories it hurts. Happy Friday.
The Weekly Cybers #94
Twitch added to the social media age restrictions just 19 days before they start, platforms to get a Digital Duty of Care, courts overwhelmed with AI garbage, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #93
The Australian government releases its AI plan, the big platforms will cop a “media bargaining incentive”, we continue the countdown to the social media age restrictions, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #92
Reddit to be age restricted but not Roblox, Microsoft apologises and offers refunds, FoI changes to be killed in the Senate, the usual smorgasbord of AI news, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #91
AI companies cop a copyright slap down, Microsoft cops a legal battle over misleading conduct, and cops starting building an AI-based Gen Z and Alpha translator. Oh, and lots more.
The Weekly Cybers #90
There’s that Amazon Web Services outage you may have noticed, Westpac forced to allow working from home, a new AI web browser, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #89
Deloitte’s corrected report needed more corrections, discourse continued as Australia’s social media age restrictions loom, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #88
AN0M sting operation declared legal in Australia, Deloitte refunds part of their $440,000 fee over AI fakery, cops may be given freedom to use abuse images to catch perps, SMS Sender ID Registry rollout starts, and much, much more.
The Weekly Cybers #87
Optus fails again but pays no tax, more pushback against the social media age restrictions, plenty of AI news, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #86
Four people die as Optus breaks Triple Zero calls, Australia’s looming social media age restrictions continue to raise questions, OpenAI’s ChatGPT features in a raft of AI stories, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #85
Vibe-based guidelines for Australia’s social media age restrictions, Kmart slapped over facial recognition, a $92,000 tweet, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #84
The social media age assurance tech trial delivered mixed results at best, robodebt victims to get another $475 million compensation, FoI restrictions to be tightened, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #83
Employees surveilled at home claim unfair dismissal, Senate to investigate search engine safety, telco intercept laws to be tweaked, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #82
Mumbling and grumblings about social media age restrictions because “It’s not a ban, it’s a delay”, Minister Ayers and the Productivity Commissioner talk up AI and talk down regulation, and much more.
