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Policy
UK social media ban copies Australia’s under-16 model
UK social media ban plans would extend Australia’s under-16 model to gaming chats, testing how exportable Canberra’s regime is.
AI data centres face Labor rules on power and water
AI data centres are testing Labor's power, water and planning rules as Canberra tries to keep investment moving without shifting costs to households.
Amex compensation order exposes security failures
Amex compensation order requires more than $23,000 after a customer's former partner accessed account data, with security findings kept confidential.
iOS 27 child safety: Australia link in Apple overhaul
iOS 27 child safety tools add new parental controls after Apple told Anthony Albanese Australia's social media ban partly inspired the overhaul.
AI copyright reform: Farquhar’s Australian training-data fight
AI copyright reform is now an Australian competitiveness fight, with Scott Farquhar pushing for looser training rules and music rights bodies pushing back.
AI in schools: Australia lags Asia on classroom rules
AI in schools is moving from ban debate to classroom playbooks in Asia, while Australia still leans on broad guardrails and trust warnings.
Meta smart glasses face-recognition code sparks privacy fight
Meta smart glasses face-recognition code reportedly sat inside the companion app, reviving privacy concerns before any public launch.
Apple India antitrust case: CCI gets financial data
Apple India antitrust case now turns on local financial data, with CCI scrutiny raising the stakes for App Store rules and iPhone growth.
AI op-ed disclosure row hits Western Sydney University
AI op-ed disclosure at Western Sydney University has exposed a standards gap over staff use of generative tools in public writing.
Trump AI order revives early model reviews for OpenAI
Trump AI order asks frontier labs to give US agencies up to 30 days of early access, reviving scrutiny for OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.
West Tamar AI plan tests council governance in Tasmania
West Tamar AI plan used generative tools to cut council planning costs, but the process raises questions about disclosure and oversight.
Florida sues OpenAI and Altman over ChatGPT safety
Florida sues OpenAI in a first state-led case alleging ChatGPT safety warnings were ignored, putting chatbot liability in court.
2026 Census security gaps put ABS readiness under scrutiny
2026 Census security gaps have put ABS governance, cyber resilience and public trust back under scrutiny before the 11 August national count.
Canada lawful-access bill draws Apple and Google backlash
Apple and Google say Canada's Bill C-22 could widen police access to subscriber and service data, even as Ottawa says the measure stops short of mandating backdoors.
UK-Australia AI security pact deepens model-safety ties
The UK-Australia AI security pact links the two countries' safety institutes to share frontier-model tests, cyber-risk findings and research.
LinkedIn apologises after routine posts wrongly flagged as intimate imagery
LinkedIn says it fixed an error that wrongly labelled ordinary posts as non-consensual intimate imagery, raising fresh questions about moderation accuracy on a workplace platform.
APRA warns banks on AI and cyber risks as tech use grows
APRA warned banks, insurers and super funds that AI and cyber risks are outpacing controls, lifting scrutiny across Australia's financial sector.
Google EU fine looms as Brussels targets search changes
Brussels is preparing a fresh fine against Google over search self-preferencing, adding pressure to the search page as AI answers reshape traffic and discovery.
Apple App Store fraud: $US2.2bn blocked in 2025
Apple said it blocked $US2.2 billion in potentially fraudulent App Store transactions in 2025, highlighting fake accounts, scam payments and review manipulation.
Google’s search appeal puts Apple’s Safari deal back in play
Google search monopoly appeal puts Apple’s Safari default deal back in focus, reviving the fight over browser defaults, data access and platform power.
Trump’s aborted AI order shows who writes the AI rules
Trump AI order politics now turn on who sets model-safety terms, with Australia likely to keep leaning on sectoral compliance.
Apple, Google app store class actions delayed in Australia
An Australian court has delayed any bid to widen class actions against Apple and Google over app-store commissions while possible appeals in the Epic Games litigation are resolved.
App Store age ratings: Apple drops 15+ in Australia
App Store age ratings in Australia will change on 18 June as Apple removes the 15+ label and shifts some apps to 16+ under updated rules.
Spyware and coercive control: Australia's device-policy gap
Spyware and coercive control are colliding in Australia as eSafety research shows tech-facilitated abuse is common and ordinary apps can be weaponised.
Melbourne psychiatrist's AI note-taking rule sharpens healthcare consent questions
A Melbourne psychiatrist's consent policy shows how quickly AI scribes are entering Australian clinics, and how unsettled the rules remain on privacy, refusal and medical records.
