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Watchdog slugs Uber with hefty spam advertising fine

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has hit Uber with a $412,000 fine for ignoring its spam advertising requirements.

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Australians told ‘do not travel’ to Lebanon – as it happened

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Optus data breach fuels telco complaints

Australians have made their anger known, lodging more than one million complaints to their internet, mobile and phone providers in the last financial year.

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Kyle Sandilands Found To Have Breached Decency Standards W/ ‘Offensive’ Comments About Gay Men

"The comments by Mr Sandilands were overly disparaging and insulting.”

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Watchdog targets scams, vulnerable telco customers

The media and communications watchdog's priorities for the next 12 months include looking after customers in financial hardship.

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Commonwealth Bank fined $3.5m for breaching spam laws

The communications watchdog has imposed a record fine on the Commonwealth Bank for sending out millions of marketing emails that breached spam laws.

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Commonwealth Bank fined a record $3.55m for breaching spam laws with millions of emails

Australian Communications and Media Authority says bank sent 65m customer emails that breached Spam Act

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Online LIV Golf bets trigger ACMA's first-ever fine for illegal in-play sports gambling

Ladbrokes and Neds blame a timing error after receiving the Australian Communications and Media Authority's first-ever fine for online in-play betting, over 78 bets during a LIV Golf event last year.

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Sports gambling giants Ladbrokes and Neds first to be fined under Australia’s in-play betting laws

Media authority fines owner Entain $13,200 – the maximum amount allowable – for accepting 78 illegal bets on LIV golf tournament

The Guardian - AU

Sky News Australia’s Outsiders breached industry code for accuracy on climate science, media watchdog finds

Acma investigation highlights four segments on Sky News Australia that tried to play down the threat to Great Barrier Reef

The Guardian - AU

Telstra warned for breaching consumer protection laws

The Australian Communications and Media Authority warned Telstra after it didn't give required notice to more than 5400 customers when limiting their service.

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KIIS FM’s Kyle Sandilands forced into sensitivity training after offensive comments about Paralympians

Station employs second censor after Acma finds radio host’s mocking remarks breached decency provisions

The Guardian - AU

Gambling giant in the hole over 'cheeky punt' texts

BetDeluxe has been fined $50,000 for spamming customers with a text that encouraged them to have a "cheeky punt".

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Media watchdog seeks more answers on Optus data breach

The Australian media watchdog has written to Optus requesting more information in its investigation of the telecommunications giant's data breach.

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First firm pinged for breaching anti-scam SMS laws

A telecommunications company has become the first to breach Australia's strict anti-SMS scam rules after failing to comply with new industry regulations.

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Clash of media giants ABC and Fox over airing of the Big Lie

The ABC has defended an "outstanding piece of journalism" on flagship investigative program Four Corners after getting a slapdown from the media watchdog

The Guardian - AU

Seven breached rules by airing gambling ads during Olympics coverage, Acma finds

Authority also finds Nine broke rules by showing gambling ad during NRL grand final

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Aussie Broadband fined over 'safety risk'

Aussie Broadband has been fined for failing to hand over 30,000 customer records to a database used by emergency services during bushfires and floods.

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Finance company fined for spam law breach

Latitude Finance Australia has been fined more than $1.5 million for multiple breaches of national spamming laws.

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‘Whack-a-mole’: Scam text crackdown to force telcos into action

Australians frustrated with scam text messages will be protected under new rules that force telcos to track and block fraud.

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Strict new rules for mobile providers after $10 million lost to text message scams in 2021

The responsibility of keeping on top of text message scams will rest on the shoulders of mobile providers under a renewed crackdown by the communications watchdog.

The Guardian - AU

Acma calls for overhaul of TV rules as viewers switch from free-to-air to streaming

Australia’s broadcasting watchdog says self-regulatory codes for broadcasters are outdated as they do not apply to streaming services

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ACMA whacks telco with second huge fine

The industry regulator has hit telco Lycamobile with a $186,000 fine after it failed to comply with a penalty it received last year.

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‘Kept in the dark’: Optus, TPG, Telstra breach consumer trust over NBN speeds

Internet users are being urged to independently check the speed of their plans after Australia’s largest telcos were caught charging for dodgy NBN.

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