Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

Over Zoom, Australia’s communications minister, Paul Fletcher, has the air of a man in the middle of a victory speech. He credits his team and the country’s competition regulator for succeeding where ...

What is Facebook without news? People and publishers in Australia are now finding out. Facebook has barred Australians from finding or sharing news on its service, a dramatic escalation of a fight ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. SYDNEY – More than a dozen years ago, the US Federal Trade Commission sponsored an ominously titled workshop ...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) will consider blocking all news content from Facebook in Australia if the government forces it to pay licensing fees to media outlets to display links, in line with the ...

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million), Australia's privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, closing long-drawn, expensive legal ...

An overreaching algorithm knowingly hit government and nonprofit sites, reports the Wall Street Journal An overreaching algorithm knowingly hit government and nonprofit sites, reports the Wall Street ...

SYDNEY, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), opens new tab said it will block news sharing on its platforms in Australia if the government goes ahead with a law to force it, and Alphabet Inc's ...

Users had mixed feelings about the new subscription service, which bestows exclusive features and a verification check mark. By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our ...