Information and Communication

Legislation to ban under-16s from social media will be put before parliament next week, but some platforms could be exempt from the proposed changes.

A Colombian national living in Australia has been charged after he allegedly "unreasonably enforced" a small group of people to pay off debts, locked them inside a cupboard for days and restricted their communications.

Defence and communications analysts worry Australia's growing reliance on Starlink presents a security threat as Elon Musk could abruptly deny access "in a crisis".

David Crisafulli, Queensland's new premier, ran a troubled training organisation when it tried and failed to convince regulators that breaches of compliance rules had been fixed.

With parents worried about screen time and teachers dealing with AI-assisted plagiarism, some experts say it might be time for education to change.

American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt tells a gathering of policymakers and parents that Australia should set an example to the world by helping to "slay" the "monsters" created by his home country's social media giants, as state governments and the Commonwealth look to clamp down on largely unfettered access to online platforms among young children.

As national leaders grapple with ways to best protect young minds from the potentially harmful effects of social media, students are already talking through some of the issues, and opening up about how taking time out from TikTok and other platforms has helped them live offline.

Popular ABC presenter and Gold Logie nominee Tony Armstrong announces he will leave ABC News Breakfast in October. Tony will return to ABC screens in 2025 hosting a new show to be announced later. 

Since the start of the Gaza war, Israel has been deploying a tactic known as GPS "spoofing", which is designed to fool enemy missiles but has also had detrimental impacts on civilian life.

The telco says emergency calls from public phones have risen by about 20 per cent, and the anonymity they provide for people experiencing mental health crises and domestic violence could be a driving factor.

The use of pagers to attack members of the militant group Hezbollah has renewed focus on a device which stopped being widely used years ago. 

The internet's capacity to amplify lies, hatred and malicious behaviour has been well demonstrated in the past year, exposing what the government says is a regulation gap it wants to close.

The malicious release of personal data online, known as doxxing, will be outlawed and attract up to seven years in jail under new legislation being introduced to federal parliament on Thursday.

Taxpayers and telcos spend nearly $300 million a year to guarantee access to landlines and payphones, even though fewer and fewer people are using them. 

Social media giants would be forced to ban children under the age of 14 from their platforms or face hefty penalties, under proposed laws in South Australia that could be replicated in other states.

The tech billionaire is barred from leaving France while investigations into child abuse material and drug trafficking on the platform continue.

The founder of encrypted messaging service Telegram has been detained in France as part of an investigation into a lack of moderation and criminal use of the platform.

When nine-year-old Henry Witham suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall at the family farm, no one was prepared for how hard it would be to find the medical helped he needed.

Laws to restrict gambling advertising are being bargained over inside Labor's caucus, as the prime minister warns a misstep could have "unintended consequences" for Australia.

About 50 million Thais are set to get a "digital wallet" containing 10,000 baht ($420) as part of a $21 billion cash handout scheme that has been criticised as costly, unsustainable and detrimental to Thailand's already struggling economy.