Opinion
World markets
$1.1 trillion wipeout: Wall Street just got hit with a reality check
Wall Street has been riding an AI wave, but it just recorded its worst day since 2022 after investors were spooked by results from two of the biggest companies in the world.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
‘Wilful blindness’: Big fines for tech giants that ignore abuse material
Companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta face fines of almost $800,000 a day if they don’t come clean on their progress in combating child exploitation and sex abuse material on their platforms.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
Social media
Perth family’s trauma shows how social media has polluted our society
Financial crime, sexual exploitation, mental abuse, narcissism, intimidation and misinformation is flooding these platforms, and we need to make it stop now.
- by Gary Adshead
‘Antisemitic stereotypes’: Meta to remove more posts attacking ‘Zionists’
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company has dramatically expanded its hate speech policy.
- by Kurt Wagner
Analysis
Media & marketing
‘Sobering reality’: What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like
With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies, is there a way out of the advertising downturn, or is it time to face up to a new normal?
- by Calum Jaspan
Editorial
LNP
NSW Liberal leader must stand his ground against junior Coalition partners
After 97 uninterrupted years, one side of the NSW Coalition is contemplating going its separate way.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Social media
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court win threatens to expose Facebook’s trillion-dollar secrets
How does Facebook interact with fraudsters who book scam ads on its platform? Billionaire Andrew Forrest is about to find out.
- by Colin Kruger
PM slams ‘arrogant’ social media giants over child safety
Meta representatives told a parliamentary hearing on Friday that social media provides “tremendous benefits” to children.
- by Mike Foley
‘Like dealing with Big Tobacco in the 70s’: Meta denies teen problems
At a parliamentary hearing, Meta executives confirmed the company was considering removing news links from its platforms if the government forced it to pay for Australian journalism.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Social media
A teen social media ban will drive them to secrecy – that’s exactly what predators want
Teenagers by nature strive to find a way to engage in whatever their parents try to ban. They’re not pet dogs. They will get over fences.
- by Sonia Orchard
Jobs on the line as media chiefs unite in stinging rebuke of Meta
The bosses of Nine, News Corp and Seven West Media have called for a potential ban on Facebook if parent company Meta fails to comply with local laws and values.
- by Calum Jaspan