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Musk widens legal fight with Australia as Labor pushes social media probe

Musk widens legal fight with Australia as Labor pushes social media probe

Elon Musk’s company has launched a case in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to test the merits of the eSafety Commissioner’s order to remove church stabbing videos.

  • by Paul Sakkal

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TikTok makes a stand against forced sale or ban in the US

TikTok makes a stand against forced sale or ban in the US

TikTok has filed a court challenge against a recently-enacted US law that would force its Chinese parent to divest its US business or close it down.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Wild west’: The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards
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‘Wild west’: The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards

There are dozens, possibly hundreds, of other similar videos on social media, prompting leading advertising figures to call out marketing tactics lacking social responsibility.

  • by Aisha Dow
Influencers are paid to love themselves loopy. But at what cost?

Influencers are paid to love themselves loopy. But at what cost?

Something strangely dark wells up inside while I’m looking at the Instagram post of a popular Australian fashion influencer.

  • by Jo Stubbings
TikTok local profits surge as potential ban looms
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TikTok local profits surge as potential ban looms

New figures show TikTok is a money-making machine locally, despite mounting political and regulatory pressure.

  • by David Swan
Influencer shot dead in the street after six months’ prison for dancing videos

Influencer shot dead in the street after six months’ prison for dancing videos

Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad.

  • by Abdulrahman Zeyad and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
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Meet Angourie Rice: Rising Hollywood star, published writer, podcaster – and just 23

Meet Angourie Rice: Rising Hollywood star, published writer, podcaster – and just 23

Melburnian Rice was acting alongside Ryan Gosling and Nicole Kidman while her school friends were working at Kmart. Now, she’s scaling the Hollywood hills.

  • by Brodie Lancaster
The charts that prove social media has bigger dangers than Elon Musk’s ego

The charts that prove social media has bigger dangers than Elon Musk’s ego

The argument about the violent terror attack video is urgent and important. But what if the greater danger is slow and insidious?

  • by David Crowe
Like Grand Designs with bigger blowdries: The strange allure of influencer home renos

Like Grand Designs with bigger blowdries: The strange allure of influencer home renos

While most people in their 20s are struggling to pay rent, a cohort of A-list influencers are ditching make-up and skincare collabs in favour of a new, more lucrative domain.

  • by Ruby Feneley
US Senate passes bill forcing TikTok sale

US Senate passes bill forcing TikTok sale

A decision made by House Republicans last week to attach the TikTok bill to the high-priority Ukraine and Israel package helped expedite its passage in Congress.

  • by Haleluya Hadero
Musk’s war with Australia: Coalition pushes compulsory age limits for social media
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Musk’s war with Australia: Coalition pushes compulsory age limits for social media

As Elon Musk provoked worldwide attention for his fight against the Australian take-down order, the Coalition revealed it was in favour of barring young children from digital platforms.

  • by Paul Sakkal and Angus Thompson