Australia's government said Sunday it will introduce legislation to unmask online trolls and hold social media giants like Facebook and Twitter responsible for identifying them.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose conservative coalition government faces an election in the first half of 2022, said the law would protect Australians from online abuse and harassment.

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MELBOURNE - Australia will introduce legislation to make social media giants provide details of users who post defamatory comments, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. The government has been looking at the extent of the responsibility of platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, for defamatory material published on their sites and comes after the country's highest court ruled

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The UK markets watchdog said on Friday it had secured additional commitments from Google in its 11-month-long tussle over the technology giant's privacy plans.

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In a reply on its community forum, Spotify said, "We can confirm that we're retiring the car view feature."

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Amazon has partnered with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) to establish a fulfillment center by 2024 to be built in accordance with the company's carbon-reduction strategies, the Abu Dhabi government's media office said on Sunday.

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The last decade has witnessed exceptional growth in Chinese smartphones that have become among the best smartphones in the world although they haven’t been particularly the pioneers in this field...

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Welcome to the in-between of deals. Black Friday has come and gone. There were tons of great discounts, many of which even began well before the day after Thanksgiving, and our Verge Deals team worked to cover as many of them as possible. We even did a liveblog to bring you the latest up-to-the-minute updates.

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The Cybersecurity Action Team at Google reported that out of 50 analyzed incidents that compromised its Cloud protocol, 86% were related to crypto mining.

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Facebook’s race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show Researchers proposed a fix to the biased algorithm, but one internal document predicted pushback from “conservative partners” By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha Tiku […]

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Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, will testify before the Senate early next month about the social media platform’s influence on children.

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