As we grapple with online dangers such as cyberbullying, pornography addiction, harassment, and scams, a new and deeply unsettling threat has emerged – deepfake technology.
Major social media platforms have decided to leave the job of fact-checking to their platforms’ users. Research suggests they may not be up to the challenge.
Listening to young people, not banning them from social media, is critical if we’re to effectively address the rise of deepfakes, and the spread of misogyny in high schools.
The recent US Federal Court’s ruling on Google could be the first domino in a long-overdue reckoning on how major platforms operate.
Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
Liars and fake news merchants are profiting from misinformation and disinformation in Indonesia. Can it be fixed?
As Indonesia’s election looms, young people want action on climate change, but research shows the country’s political class isn’t listening.
There’s plenty of evidence showing how social media use can affect youth mental health, but studies often omit the developing countries of the global south.
Young people are getting a dose of social media-driven eco-anxiety, but there are ways we can help them beat it.
For Monash science academic Michael Brown, cycling to campus is as easy as riding a bike, and provides health and environmental benefits.
It appears to have become more prevalent, visible, and possibly also more politicised in post-pandemic times, as general trust in governments and mainstream media declines.
There’s really no such thing as one global internet – it all depends on your perspective. But the internet is poised to fracture even more.
Parliament missed an opportunity to ban misinformation and disinformation during the referendum campaign.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
The opening rounds of the AFL season have shown that, 30 years after Nicky Winmar’s defiant stance against racism, not much has changed.
Experimenting with low-waste living shows it’s not easy being green. But householders can help policymakers design better waste management systems.
Love him or hate him – and there are plenty in each camp – Daniel Andrews has become one of the most significant state premiers in modern history. This month, he may win yet another term.
TikTok’s hosting of sports betting ads underlines the pervasiveness of the problem. It’s increasingly clear gambling advertising needs to be heavily restricted, if not stopped altogether.
As Meta has historically failed its users on issues of moderation, it’s important to demand clear solutions, more responsibility and accountability from the company before the metaverse is embedded in our everyday lives.
The glorification of the unattainable is built into many social media marketing strategies, but a new kind of leadership in an influencer-led social media environment offers hope.
What looks to be a straightforward, simple little expression is anything but.
There are connections and continuities between different forms of violence in different spaces, be it online or offline, virtual or physical.
For employers to feel confident hiring individuals who graduated from their course in the 2020s, they need to be convinced of their job-worthiness.
How we get the balance right between using social media to hold people to account versus the risk of invading people’s privacy depends on the context, of course, and is ultimately about power.
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