South Korea, Australia, Portugal top OECD Digital Government Index for 2025
The OECD has published its 2025 results and key findings from the Digital Government Index (DGI) and Open, Useful and…
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Australia launches major evaluation of social media minimum age law
How is Australia’s experiment in setting a minimum age for social media use going? It’s a question many in the…
Australian Retail Council says shoppers in favor of facial recognition
More than 80 percent of Australians support the use of facial recognition in retail stores to identify people who have…
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner stands firm in face of US demands
For a few weeks, there wasn’t much news about how U.S. Congress has demanded that Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman…
Discord to make teen settings default, Australia wants a word with Roblox
Discord is rolling out “teen-by-default” settings for all users globally. A release from the messaging platform says “all new and…
Australian state of Victoria kicks off digital birth certificate pilot
After New South Wales, the Australian state of Victoria is also introducing digital birth certificates, enabling parents to view and…
Bright lights shine on age assurance as Australian law, ISO standard forge new paths
If Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) law is an experiment in regulation, it is currently under a microscope. The…
Two months in, Snapchat is still not a fan of Australia’s social media law
As Australia daily moves further into its era of age restrictions on large social media platforms, various stakeholders are offering…
Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data
Following biometric data sharing agreements between the US, Chile and Ecuador, the Australian government reportedly has also agreed to provide the…
Wicket facial ticketing at Australian Open builds fan trust in biometrics
What’s more important: the illusion of privacy, or skipping the line? That’s the question on the line in an analysis…
