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The owner of X, Elon Musk, has been described as a "narcissistic cowboy" who thinks he can ignore the Australian Parliament, following his decision to go to court over videos of a Sydney stabbing incident that he was asked to take down.

The Meta family of apps—Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger—request the most data from smartphone users, according to research from data centre company TRG Datacenters.

GUEST RESEARCH: Americans spent over US$200 billion online during the 2022 festive shopping season, making 2023 a record year for online retailers. This year, 97% of people recently surveyed said they plan to shop online. As festive season related revenues grow, so does the temptation for criminals to take a part of the action for themselves – over US$300 million were lost to scammers in 2022 according to the FBI’s IC3 report for 2022.

It seems the biggest online tech platforms are falling short when it comes to tackling the proliferation of child sexual exploitation, sexual extortion, and the livestreaming of child sexual abuse, according to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner’s second report.

In what can only be described as poor-quality spin, the US Government"s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has made much of the fact that former hacker Mudge will be joining the agency in a part-time capacity. [The word hacker is used here in its original meaning: someone who plays around with code.]

Telco Singtel Optus is the most distrusted brand in Australia for the last 12-month period, the market research firm Roy Morgan says, adding that this was the first time any company had taken the top spot from Facebook/Meta since it started issuing the measure of trust and distrust in 2018.

The owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, has been accused of delaying links to companies he dislikes, on the social media site, from being displayed when they are clicked.

Changes in the terms of service for the communications platform Zoom, made in March 2023, were due to an internal process failure that would be fixed, the founder and chief executive of Zoom, Eric Yuan, has said.

GUEST RESEARCH: It may be too early to say whether Twitter's recent rebranding as "X" will hurt the company's traction with its audience or advertisers – but it's not helping. The rebranding of Twitter to "X" is incomplete, with twitter.com remaining the primary web domain and the mobile app unchanged, so forgive us if we refer to this social media property as Twitter for the rest of this report.

The late Dr Laurence J. Peter, who is known for his seminal work, The Peter Principle, developed the thesis that, given enough ranks in a company bureaucracy, people always tend to rise to their level of incompetence.

GUEST OPINION: After weeks of speculation about a cage fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, it appears their real battle is in the social media arena. Threads, which competes with Twitter, surpassed all expectations by reaching one million users within just 60 minutes — and boasts a 100 million-strong user base after just a few days.

GUEST OPINION: After weeks of speculation about a cage fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, it appears their real battle is in the social media arena. Threads, which competes with Twitter, surpassed all expectations by reaching one million users within just 60 minutes — and boasts a 100 million-strong user base after just a few days.

GUEST RESEARCH: Facebook ads portal traffic drops 10% in a sign of why Meta needs Threads.

GUEST RESEARCH: When Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the explosive growth of Twitter competitor Threads – 30 million downloads in the first hours after a Wednesday night launch and 70 million after the first full day of operation – at first, we had to take his word for it.

All the eager beavers who jumped on the Threads bandwagon may find that they have joined a train which is more puff than substance.

Meta's new social media app Threads has signed up more than 30 million users in its first 24 hours, proving that yesterday's tech villain can become today's hero.

GUEST RESEARCH: Twitter began turning away some of the most active visitors to its website this weekend, telling them they were viewing too many tweets too quickly. Framed as a way to limit access by data-sucking AI bots, the move gave users a reason to try or revisit alternatives.

Some US federal agencies have been banned from contacting social media companies to push for removal of material the government deems inappropriate.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is set to launch a rival to Twitter with the name Threads on Thursday, even as the Elon Musk-owned app is hit by fresh turmoil.

Online platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google could find themselves in hot water and pay millions of fines if they fail to clear disinformation and curb fake news—a combative stance that sees the Albanese Government holding these tech giants accountable for spreading harmful content.