Digital Media

Facebook faces $5B FTC fine, largest ever in tech

US regulators have approved a $5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network's privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Facebook imposes live-streaming restrictions after NZ attacks

Facebook said in a statement it was introducing a "one-strike" policy for use of Facebook Live, temporarily restricting access for people who have faced disciplinary action for breaking the company's most serious rules anywhere on its site.

The power of the terrorist manifesto in the age of print and new media

The recent attack on a California synagogue demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between violence and media.

Facebook says "unintentionally uploaded" the contacts of 1.5 million users

Facebook has been hit by a number of privacy-related issues recently, including a glitch that exposed passwords of millions of users stored in readable format within its internal systems to its employees.

The Russian government's grip over the internet just got tighter

A new law in Russia can pave the way for the government to have greater control over what Russians can access on the internet.

UK plans social media watchdog to battle harmful content

Internet companies could face big fines, with bosses also held personally accountable, under rules to be policed by an independent regulator.

Facebook CEO calls for updated internet regulations

“By updating the rules for the Internet, we can preserve what’s best about it - the freedom for people to express themselves and for entrepreneurs to build new things - while also protecting society from broader harms,” Zuckerberg wrote.

New Australian laws could see social media execs jailed over terror images

The tough new legislation will be brought to parliament next week as Canberra pushes for social media companies to prevent their platforms from being "weaponised" by terrorists in the wake of the mosque attacks in New Zealand's Christchurch.

Facebook stored 'millions' of passwords in plain text

Security blog KrebsOnSecurity says some 600 million Facebook users may have had their passwords stored in plain text.

Is Russia’s drive towards internet 'sovereignty' just a new Iron Curtain?

Russia is planning to temporarily unplug from the internet next month in preparation for installing safeguards to internet access in the event of a foreign cyberattack - particularly from the United States.

Will the European Union change the way we use internet?

A proposed law has divided the tech world as the realities of a new economy come to dominate how people create and view content online.

Buzzfeed, Verizon lay off several employees, more to come

Buzzfeed and HuffPost employees took to Twitter to announce they have been laid off. Some are using the social medium to find employment while other say not all departments have gotten the news yet.