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Will 2020 be the year that the new threat to fiat currencies reaches maturity?
Facebook began blocking ads that linked Truvada and other HIV-related drugs to severe bone and kidney damage based on claims made in lawsuits.
Facebook is planning to put end-to-end encryption on all its messaging services soon. But governments aren’t happy about it, as it could make it harder to catch criminals.
Bobi Wine in Uganda does it; so do the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa. The red beret is worn to signify the revolutionary. Its power lies in a symbolism that combines art and politics.
Stand by for cryptocurrencies 2.0.
For many gay men, social media and dating apps are hotbeds of body image struggles and rising toxic masculinity – the recent ‘10-year-challenge’ on Instagram showcases this femmephobia.
In this third “vision statement”, the Labor leader has condemned online platforms for being unwilling to filter out false information.
The cynicism of political lies and the fear of losing control by opening up the corridors of power can’t last.
Instagram has become a major battleground for the attention of young voters.
Efforts to mitigate the double edged nature of social media in politics must take into account local information environments
Can we make the web more inclusive or will our online reality always be a lawless wasteland of trolls and lies?
When news stories include a catchy hashtag, readers perceived the news topic to be less socially important and more partisan.
Most of us are probably having our data tracked in some form. And while there are regulatory safeguards in place to protect user privacy, it’s hard to say whether these are enough.
Defamation law reform is on the horizon. Social media companies may be held more liable for what they publish. But this could come at the expense of everyday users.
This election season, the public is closely watching how social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are handling political ads.
With Wall Street slowly taking charge of crypto, the days of radical outsiders launching successful altcoins may be numbered.
A close look at the way the parties are using video in the campaign can tell you a lot about their approach.
Privacy and fact-checking are still big issues but risks from bots and foreign influence have been overblown.
It looks as if the Conservative P\arty has learned from the way Labour targeted the youth vote in 2017.
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Senior research associate, University of Sydney
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Communications (Social Media), Syracuse University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
