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Opinion
Sex & relationships
Protecting kids from porn is simple. Why are we making it look difficult?
If technology is facilitating the distribution of explicit content, we can also employ it to limit children’s access to such material.
- by Chloe Shorten
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Explainer
Russia
The secret service agents had a message: take down the app or go to jail. How is the internet splintering?
Cracking down on the net was like nailing jelly to a wall, Bill Clinton said in 2000. But governments have found myriad ways to filter, block or slow it. And now some nations want nets of their own. Why?
- by Sherryn Groch and Nick Bonyhady
Analysis
Analysis
As Book Depository closes down, which is the best online bookseller?
The closure has prompted an outpouring of disappointment across the world. But in Australia, lovers of physical books may not be worse off.
- by Tim Biggs
William Wulf, computer pioneer who opened way for internet, dies at 83
This computing visionary played a pivotal role in the transformation of the internet from a small network to the modern information superhighway.
- by Brian Murphy
Analysis
AI
How one person could create an entire movie by themselves thanks to AI
From turning video of actors into an animated feature, to creating entire scripts from a simple premise, the implications of AI in entertainment are huge.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Women's health
Male-made technology is ruining women’s lives – we need a Bumble revolution
Smart home devices, smart cars, unregulated social media sites: these technologies are making women’s lives worse, not better.
- by Dana McKay
Paywalled porn or online safe haven? OnlyFans’ CEO weighs into the debate
Is burgeoning adults-only subscription site OnlyFans a blueprint for the future of social media – or indicative of the mass pornification of mainstream culture?
- by Decca Aitkenhead
Facebook, Instagram launch tool to block sharing of children’s explicit images
The new platform will let young Australians stop their nude images being spread on social media networks and have them taken down.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Opinion
AI
I never worried much about AI, until the phone booth on the corner started ringing
I was at the local park with my son when the payphone began to ring. I was surprised and didn’t answer. But a few minutes later, it rang again.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Parenting
When is the right time to talk to your kids about porn?
It may be uncomfortable, but it’s up to parents to have age-appropriate conversations about the risks and effects of technology use - even when they’re young.
- by Justine Kiely-Scott
Opinion
Dating
Desperately dating? It’s your sign to stay single
Valentine’s Day only reinforces the absurd notion that it is better to be in a relationship – any relationship – than to be alone.
- by Kerri Sackville