The Weekly Cybers #51
Meta continues its swerve to the right, NBN to dump fibre-to-the-node, Services Australia gets a new minister, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #50
Australia’s treasurer talks up cryptocurrency, Meta dumps fact-checking and loosens hateful conduct rules, federal agencies’ cybersecurity goes backwards, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #49
The continuing saga of Australia’s eSafety rules, some thoughts on digital childhood, another slap down for Craig Wright, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #48
A new way to make big online platforms pay for news, yet another call to break open encrypted communications, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #47
Home Affairs launches a consultation on cybersecurity resilience, a trial shows you can verify a user’s age without recording their ID, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #46
A massive week for digital policy, including social media age bans for under-16s, new cybersecurity laws, a call for national AI regulation, and even — finally! — updates to the Privacy Act.
The Weekly Cybers #45
Government rushes to pass social media bans for under-16s, ASD issues new threat report, and a whole lot more.
The Weekly Cybers #44
Australia’s War on Social Media continues, with platforms to be hit with duty-of-care responsibilities as well as age restrictions, but there’s also plenty more.
The Weekly Cybers #43
Digital platforms are the target again this week, with under-16s to be banned from social media, and an anti-scam plan that shares the blame with banks, telcos, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #42
Victorian court recognises a right to privacy, NACC suffers a blow to its credibility, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #41
Parliamentary inquiry recommends a digital affairs ministry, internet industry proposes a code for adult content, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #40
A short edition this week with news of Australia’s first AI-generated political ad, changes to My Health Record, plus social media, telco risk, AI, and rogue robot vacuum cleaners.
The Weekly Cybers #39
Australia’s massive new cybersecurity legislation package, a move to keep NBN in public hands, the continuing push for social media age bans but with hints of a rollback strategy, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #38
A plethora of stories ranging from shoddy AI and unethical practices with medical data to cables under the Pacific, digital driver licences, and cybercrime.
The Weekly Cybers #37
A Federal Court win for FoI, a rebranding for Australia’s digital ID, Optus outage leads to various changes, yet more on social media age restrictions, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #36
Australian cops and their global colleagues take down the Ghost encrypted messaging network, a robodebt ringleader has a great big sook, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #35
What a week! A burst of legislation from privacy to misinformation to hate speech, an anti-scam “plan”, Meta gets caught out, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #34
Government proposes “mandatory guardrails” for high-risk AI, ASIO hints at using the big stick on encrypted chats, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #33
Defence to get $11 billion IT upgrade, “Twiggy” Forrest takes on Meta with an early win, more sookage about the News Media Bargaining Code from both sides, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #32
Australia and New Zealand agree that a cyber attack could trigger the ANZUS Treaty, the government blows $340 million on the abandoned GovERP project, and much more.
