The term “fake news” entered the public discourse three years ago with the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency. Today it has become difficult to separate fact from fiction and to even discern who the real perpetrators are of the disinformation the public is fed daily.

An industry lobby group, that represents the interests of Google and Facebook among others, has told the Australian Government that it does not agree with the creation of an industry code of conduct on fake news, one of the recommendations in the final Digital Platforms Inquiry report released by the ACCC on 26 July.

Search giant Google has reached a settlement with France and will pay about €965 million (US$1.07 billion, A$1.55 billion) to settle a fiscal fraud probe that has been going on for the last four years.

New Zealand budget telco Skinny wrote to Kogan Mobile complaining about their use of the colour orange on their web site. It didn't go well.

Australian startup BindiMaps has installed its indoor wayfinding solution in the Sydney Startup Hub building to provide improved access for blind or vision impaired visitors to the startup facility.

American companies remained the most active investors in the cybersecurity technology space during the five years between 2014 and 2018, according to a newly published analyst report.

Multinational infrastructure software provider Citrix Systems is collaborating with global cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks in a deal aimed at expanding its network protection.

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