Australian-owned and social media-led ecommerce brand, Showpo, recently adopted technology enabling it to utilise artificial intelligence (AI) models, allowing its clothing to be shown on a greater range of body sizes.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is lining up alongside Twiggy Forrest and taking Facebook parent company, Meta, to court for publishing scam celebrity cryptocurrency advertising on its platform.

The Australian Information Commissioner has progressed a step further in its quest to pursue Facebook for breaches of Australian privacy law after the Federal Court rejected the social media giant’s appeal against a ruling to continue proceedings.

Australian Businessman and Fortescue Metals Group chief, Dr Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, has launched potentially ground-breaking criminal proceedings against Facebook, alleging the social media giant has committed criminal offences by allowing cryptocurrency scams to be advertised on its platform.

The success of Facebook’s parent company rebrand to Meta and bet on the metaverse all still rely on the trust consumers feel for its core social media business, a leading Forrester analyst says.

Australian software developer and cybersecurity expert, Mick Esber, will this September launch the beta version of bhapi, a safe social media platform he has developed for Apple and Android.

Facebook Shops is expanding to WhatsApp and Marketplace and developing new ways for businesses to personalise ads and use new technologies to enhance the shopping experience.

The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) has welcomed Facebook’s decision to help fund advertising’s self-regulation process, noting it as an important milestone for the industry.

Several local media outlets have reached agreements this week to share news across social media digital platforms.

Australia’s News Media and Digital Platforms Bargaining Code has officially passed through the Senate a day after the Government confirmed last-minute amendments made as part of the Morrison Government’s negotiations with Facebook over the past week.

Days after flicking the off switch on Australian news content across its platform, Facebook will reinstate such content in coming days following Federal Government amendments to the News Media Bargaining Code.

Media organisations and industry commentators have responded scathingly to news Facebook is restricting publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content as a consequence of Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code.

Australia’s controversial and internationally debated News Media Bargaining Code is a step closer to being enacted into legislation following the Senate’s decision to pass the bill.

Google’s threat to remove its search engine offering from Australia unless a ‘workable’ solution is found to the proposed News Media Bargaining Code has drawn the ire of the Prime Minster through to industry groups and media organisations.

With the swiftness of response by social media giants to remove President Trump’s from their platforms following the violent attack on Washington DC last week, it was easy to lose sight of other news around brands choosing to use – or not use – these platforms. Yet just before Christmas, Unilever confirmed it will cease its boycott of social media platforms and recommence its presence from January 2021.

Facebook and Instagram have blocked US President Donald Trump’s posts for at least two weeks and Twitter has disabled the outgoing President's account in response to the violet attack that erupted across Washington DC and the US Capitol last week.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is once again instigating proceedings against Facebook, this time for allegedly misusing consumer data relating to a VPN app for marketing purposes.

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Google and Facebook have hit back with public campaigns warning of the dire consequences of a news payments regime proposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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Google Australia’s local chief has criticised the ACCC’s draft mandatory code of conduct for negotiations between news media and digital platform giants, as the industry takes stock of the latest effort to level the playing field between old and new media.