What is trust in the digital world? Not what we have now!
Hot on the heels of new research that puts trust in big tech
ahead of the police, government and others, we thought it necessary to
investigate what is trust i... (Read More)
ACCC wants to set up a search engine algorithms monitoring office
The ACCC intends to set up the world’s
first search engine algorithms monitoring office – powerful, scary, good.
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ACCC Digital Platforms inquiry – rein in Google’s and Facebook’s unfettered power
The ACCC has released the Digital Platforms Inquiry with 23 strong recommendations to rein in the powers of online tech giants like Facebook and Google.
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Facebook cops US$5 billion fine and shares soar – go figure!
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped a US$5 billion fine on Facebook. it is the largest fine ever imposed on any company, anywhere, anytime. But t... (Read More)
How to stop Big Tech using you – breaking up or breaking free
What do you think of when you hear “Big Tech”? Do you worry
or rejoice?
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Do tech companies have too much power? ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry
To answer that question, Do tech companies have too much power - the old witty retort, “Is the Pope a Catholic?” comes immediately to mind.
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Fake reviews – the scourge of the internet (update)
Fake Reviews have become the scourge on the internet. As many as 90% are declared ‘unreliable using the same text, hyperbole or suspiciously positive words’.
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Facebook won’t get my goat, but the FTC may get theirs
Facebook’s CEO Mark Elliot Zuckerberg killed a goat and ate
it. Dinner guest, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter says, “I just ate my salad.”
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