In 2017, a BBC journalist stood in a crowded square in Guiyang, a city deep in China’s southwest. …
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Big Tech Says AI Could Boost Australia’s Economy by $115 Billion a Year. Does the Evidence Stack Up?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAI is on the agenda in Canberra. In August, the Productivity Commission will release an interim report on harnessing …
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Even Experts Disagree Over Whether Social Media Is Bad for Kids. We Examined Why
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesDisagreement and uncertainty are common features of everyday life. They’re also common and expected features of scientific research. …
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Google Loses Online Ad Monopoly Case. But It’s Just One of Many Antitrust Battles Against Big Tech
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesTech giant Google has just suffered another legal blow in the United States, losing a landmark antitrust case. …
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Big Tech Firms Like Meta Forced to Pay for News, Under Albanese Government’s ‘News Bargaining Incentive’ Charge
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesBig tech companies like Meta would have to either do deals with news organizations to help fund journalism …
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Google Is Facing Another Crucial Court Case in the U.S. — and It Could Have Major Consequences for Online Advertising
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOne month after a U.S. court ruled Google had illegally maintained its monopoly on Internet search, the tech …
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French Police Have Arrested the Founder of Telegram. What Happens Next Could Change the Course of Big Tech
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen Pavel Durov, the founder of the direct messaging platform Telegram, arrived in France on his private jet …
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John Matze, the CEO of social media platform Parler, recently lashed out against Big Tech like Twitter and …