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The closing arguments in Alexandria, Virginia, cap a 15-day trial held in September where prosecutors sought to show Google monopolised markets of online advertising.

Children are likely to look to the adults around them to gauge how they should respond to distressing stories in the news. To help, adults should begin by checking their own emotional pulse, these experts say.

Residents in the Queensland town of Collinsville say they can see a mobile tower from their home but struggle to make a phone call, so they rely on a free internet cafe to stay connected.

US regulators are taking legal action against the tech giant, saying Google's browser has too much power.

Louise Manning thought she knew how to handle the risks of online scammers — but it took one simple question from someone she thought was her friend to be duped.

The government has introduced its bill to ban children and younger teenagers from social media to parliament, revealing some of the platforms that will be captured under the changes.

The move is one of the most aggressive attempts by the Biden administration to curb what it alleges are Big Tech monopolies.

The study published in the Nature Human Behaviour Journal has found people using the internet who are 50 or older had fewer mental health symptoms.

A video game is using real-life scams to teach school students how to detect deepfakes. Try the quiz here, to see if you can spot fraudsters online.

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.

The "Digital Duty of Care" has the potential to be the most meaningful change to online safety laws in Australian history — even if it doesn't exactly go viral, writes national technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre.

Social media companies would be required to take preventative action against the worst foreseeable harms of their platforms under new laws the federal government has proposed.

The federal government wants to create powers to curb the spread of misinformation and outright lies online. But legal experts have detailed why they worry that the proposed laws could actually undermine the truth.

The level of protection social media accounts set to private provide is sometimes misunderstood, experts say.

Donald Trump's victory has emboldened male supremacists to make violent threats online, but it has also led some women to swear off men altogether. 

The communications minister confirms the biggest social media platforms won't be able to escape a ban on children and teenagers under 16, but the Coalition remains concerned the companies could develop new products targeting youths to evade the proposed laws.

The government has taken a big step towards its goal of getting children and young teenagers off social media and revealed who would be covered by the ambitious ban. 

Unprecedented legal battles are testing if parent companies of tools like ChatGPT can be liable for defamation when innocent people are incorrectly described as criminals.

Russia has slapped Google with a fine of $US20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for blocking state media channels on YouTube.

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".