Tech companies will be held responsible for harmful disinformation and misinformation on their platforms under new laws that will be introduced in the second half of the year.
Facebook has filed an application with the High Court seeking to overturn a judgment that found it can be sued in Australia for alleged privacy violations over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Johnson Winter & Slattery has bolstered its growing cyber practice with the appointment of a leading data privacy lawyer from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
The Full Federal Court has held Facebook can be sued in Australia for allegedly disclosing the personal data of over 300,000 users to political research firm Cambridge Analytica.
Australian mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has filed private criminal proceedings against Facebook over cryptocurrency investment scams that used his name and image.
Hall & Wilcox has lured a cyber whiz to bolster the firm’s cyber insurance and advisory practice, amid an expected jump in cyber-related claims this year.
A new draft bill aimed at deterring social media trolls is unlikely to be as effective as incoming state-driven alternatives, the Law Council of Australia said in its submission to the federal government on Monday.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has hit Telstra with a record $2.53 million penalty for listing individuals phone numbers in public directories against their wishes.
Virgin Australia has walked back part of its COVID-19 vaccination policy after the union representing aircraft maintenance engineers received hundred of complaints about the requirement that they provide their Individual Health Identifier as part of proof of their vaccination status.
US-based facial recognition software company Clearview AI has been ordered to cease collecting facial images from individuals in Australia and destroy all the data it has collected within the country.