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Telcos required to block or flag scam texts under Labor crackdown

New register to prevent fraudsters from using trusted business names to dupe Australians

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Australian free-to-air TV stations push for more M-rated content hours and watered down child protections

Critics of proposal say it would expose children to inappropriate material and alcohol advertising

The Guardian - AU

Vulgar content in the Sesame Street time slot: how the Kyle and Jackie O show skirts decency laws

The pair argue their brand of graphic and derisive content is no shock to the show’s loyal adult audience. But ratings figures suggest plenty of children are also listening

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Telcos set new rules to follow during major outages

The communications watchdog has handed down new rules for what telcos will need to tell customers if they experience a widespread outage.

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Desperate Labor readies its digital Australia Card in huge assault on privacy

The desperate Albanese government, anxious to please mainstream media companies, is readying the biggest assault on privacy since data retention.

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How the federal government’s misinformation bill might impede freedom of speech

The federal government’s proposed legislation on misinformation and disinformation has passed the House of Representatives, but faces a rocky time in the Senate.

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$12m triple-zero fine over Optus outage

The nationwide Optus network outage in 2023 has cost the telco $12 million in fines for breaching triple zero rules, the industry regulator has announced.

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Optus fined $12m after thousands could not call triple zero during 2023 outage

Australian Communications and Media Authority says telco did not check welfare of 369 people who tried to make a call while lines were down

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Media Regulator Boss Dragged For Not Reading Kyle & Jackie O’s ‘Revolting’ Transcript Out Loud

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called out ACMA boss for not reading out "revolting" transcript out loud during senate estimate hearing.

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Media regulator boss can’t bring herself to read out ‘revolting’ Kyle & Jackie O transcripts in Senate estimates hearing

Australia’s communications regulator has come under fire for failing to investigate ‘sexist, racist [and] misogynistic’ content aired on Kiis FM

The Guardian - AU

Australia to send 49 tanks to Ukraine

Australia is sending 49 decommissioned tanks to aid Ukraine’s fight against Russia, and Mastercard and Visa are threatening to stop providing fraud services if card surcharges are scrapped.

Crikey

Albo’s reckless and draconian misinformation legislation completely undermines itself

Censorship done at arm’s length is still censorship.

Crikey

A new law aims to tackle online lies – but it ignores expert advice and doesn’t go nearly far enough

The federal government this week introduced a new bill into parliament aimed at cracking down on the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the internet.

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The biggest perpetrators of misinformation and privacy breaches will escape new laws

Social media misinformation and doxxing will be subjected to new laws while the worst offenders and privacy breachers will escape scrutiny.

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Labor bills aim to clean up online discourse

The government will today introduce bills aimed at cracking down on online misinformation and privacy breaches, and Kamala Harris wins the latest presidential debate.

The Guardian - AU

Labor bill proposes up to seven years’ jail for doxing but drops promised new hate speech laws

Legislation will be introduced on Thursday along with a children’s online privacy code and misinformation laws

Crikey

The Oz’s unfortunate pic, Social Services (finally) asks what people think, and an old fashioned Fordham farrago

The Department of Social Services calls on an old friend, Grover joins the (inevitable) CPAC circuit, and plenty more in this weeks Tips and Murmurs.

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2GB’s Ben Fordham breached rules by spruiking his Uber driving ‘side hustle’, Acma finds

Fordham, who reportedly earns $1.5m to host the Nine Radio breakfast show, has a commercial agreement with Uber

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Dutton ‘most divisive leader in history’: Chalmers

The treasurer has spectacularly attacked the opposition leader, calling him ‘pathologically’ divisive, and new research highlights how much gambling addicts turn to crime to fund their habit.

The Guardian - AU

Channel Ten on notice after breaching gambling advertising ban during Socceroos match

Media watchdog issues warning after 10 Play aired 17 betting commercials during friendly with England and women’s A-League game

The Conversation

Does free-to-air TV really need gambling ads to survive?

If anything is a sure bet right now, it’s corporate Australia’s willingness to use some variation of the “for society’s good” argument.

AAP

Telcos warned for failing customers in financial strife

The communications watchdog has warned 10 telcos for breaching new standards designed to help customers struggling to pay internet and phone bills.

AAP

Telstra fined $1.5 million after customers put at risk

Thousands of Telstra customers have been made vulnerable to scams and other kinds of mobile fraud after the telco failed to comply with ID requirements.

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Indigenous leader Rev Dr D Gondarra dies – as it happened

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Telcos risk fines, on notice over spam reports failures

The communications regulator has found two telcos have breached scam reporting obligations, despite warnings for them to comply.

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