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When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again

The Italian Futurists praised invention, modernity, speed, and disruption. Sound familiar?

Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that major social media and video streaming companies, including Meta, Google, and TikTok, engage in extensive surveillance of users, collecting vast amounts of personal data and sharing it with third parties.

The commercial broadcasters’ crisis isn’t new, but can no longer be ignored. What’s next for TV?

Commercial TV is nearing the bottom of a financial decline much like the one faced by newspapers 20 years ago. That will have consequences for what appears on our screens.

Meta’s AI is scraping users’ photos and posts. Europeans can opt out, but Australians cannot

Meta is using public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI models. While European users can opt out due to GDPR regulations, Australians lack this option. To prevent data usage, Australians must set their posts to private.

Government hammers big tech with barrage of new laws

The Australian government is implementing new laws to regulate big tech companies, including measures to force platforms like Meta to pay local publishers for news content.

Drinking, smoking ... now social media: New laws to ban children from apps

Australia has enacted legislation banning individuals under 16 from using social media platforms, aiming to protect young users from online harms. ?The law holds platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram accountable, imposing fines

No one’s ready for this

The photograph is now meaningless as evidence. We are not prepared.