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Curaçao urged repeatedly to crack down on online casinos targeting Australians

Many of the 1,000 gambling sites blocked by Australia’s watchdog were licensed on the Caribbean island, which has become a casino hub due to limited oversight

The Guardian - AU

Ads for gambling company forced to leave Australia digitally imposed on overseas A-Leagues broadcasts

Digital ads for 8XBet inserted into matches played by clubs that rejected money from gambling companies

The Guardian - AU

Premier League viewers in Australia bombarded with ads for offshore gambling firms thanks to loophole

Billboards displayed ads that would otherwise be banned from Australian screens, according to a complaint against Optus Sport to the media watchdog

The Guardian - AU

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'Bloody disgrace': Optus slammed over charge for phone that wasn't received

Pensioner tried for five months to get Optus to return $369.

Newcastle Herald

Camping giant fined for sending 83,000 unwanted texts

A four-wheel drive and camping retailer has been fined more than $300,000 after it spammed customers with thousands of texts even after some had unsubscribed.

AAP

Customers lose thousands in scams due to telco failures

Telecommunications company Medion has been fined $260,000 after failing to comply with customer ID rules that caused users to lose tens of thousands of dollars.

AAP

Major gambling firms caught enabling illegal in-play sports bets in Australia

Acma ruling prompts calls for money to be returned to punters as government continues to consult on tougher regulation

The Guardian - AU

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'This Girl's Gonna Be A Huge Star:' Reba McEntire Recalls The Moment She Knew Taylor Swift Would Be A Phenomenon, And I'm In Awe

Reba McEntire revealed the moment she knew Taylor Swift would be a phonemon, and it involves Tim McGraw.

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‘Rise in conspiracy theories’: Labor was warned disinformation bill would stir claims of censorship

Communications minister’s department urged government to learn lessons from failed US Disinformation Governance Board

The Guardian - AU

Telstra cops third overcharging fine in as many years

Australia's media watchdog has "lost patience" with Telstra after the telco was caught overcharging customers for a third time in as many years.

AAP

Stage set for national cabinet clash over GST – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of millions of scam texts blocked by telcos

Telcos have blocked a wave of 336.7 million scam texts since July 2022, according to new figures, but many are still managing to get through.

AAP

Optus outage inquiry to examine roaming and triple zero impacts but not cause of shutdown

Labor releases terms of reference for review which will report back by the end of February

The Guardian - AU

Labor to overhaul misinformation bill after objections over freedom of speech

‘Clarifications on religious freedom’ to be reconsidered, says communications minister Michelle Rowland, after strong pushback from Coalition

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Kmart Got Fined $1.3 Million For Breaching Spam Laws Not Once, Not Twice, But 200,000 Times

Kmart have received a noteworthy fine of $1.3 million from the Australian Communications and Media Authority for breaching spam laws.

AAP

Kmart hit with $1 million fine for spam law breaches

Kmart breached spam laws more than 200,000 times and is paying the price, with the media watchdog lashing out at businesses that ignore customer privacy.

The Guardian - AU

Seven Network fined over betting ad breach as SBS lets viewers opt out

Media regulator cracks down while federal government considers recommendation to ban online gambling ads within three years

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Ticketek Cops $500K Fine For Sending Shitload Of Spam Msgs, Even To Folks Who Had Unsubscribed

Ticketek has copped a massive fine for sending a bunch of spam messages to their customers, even after they had unsubscribed.

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The Guardian - AU

Australians told ‘do not travel’ to Lebanon – as it happened

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Dutton accuses Albanese of misrepresenting Yunupingu comments – as it happened

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More than a million gambling ads aired on Australian TV and radio in a year, research finds

Nielsen study commissioned by Acma says most gambling ads shown on free-to-air were from online bookmakers

AAP

Optus data breach fuels telco complaints

Australians have made their anger known, lodging more than one million complaints to their internet, mobile and phone providers in the last financial year.

The Guardian - AU

‘Before, after and in class’: teachers say they are grappling with a growing gambling problem in Australian schools

The ability of students to concentrate and learn is being affected by ‘harmful’ products, the Association of Heads of Independent schools CEO says

AAP

Policing platforms 'correct approach' on misinformation

A tech giant agrees with the government's plan for the watchdog to monitor compliance with a code of conduct to tackle misinformation and disinformation online.

The Guardian - AU

Why is Labor’s bill on combatting disinformation so controversial?

Coalition is ringing alarm bells about legislation, despite it containing many Morrison-era proposals. But they’re not alone in their concerns

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