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Australia Mandates Financial Services Licences for Crypto Exchanges Under New Bill
Australia has introduced a new bill mandating financial services licences for cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country. The move aims to align digital asset platforms with traditional financial regulations, improve investor protection, and enhance market transparency. Exchanges will be required to meet compliance and disclosure standards a...
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Australia to Regulate Buy Now, Pay Later Services as Consumer Credit Products With New Laws
Australia said it would regulate buy-now-pay-later services as a consumer credit product under new laws, forcing BNPL providers to carry out background checks before lending in what would be one of the world's toughest regimes for the startup sector.
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Canada PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Threatening to Block News Access Over Online News Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday slammed Meta after executives said it would block news for Canadian Facebook and Instagram users in response to a proposed law that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content.
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Australia Proposes Stringent Penalties for Failure to Protect Customer Privacy After Cybersecurity Breaches
Australia has proposed tougher penalties for corporates that do not preserve the privacy of their customers. The country's decision comes weeks after two major cybersecurity incidents affected millions of citizens, and penalties for series breaches of the Privacy Act could increase from AUD 2.2 million (roughly Rs. 11 crore) to AUD 50 million (roug...
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Optus Data Breach: Australia Plans Tough Data Protection Laws After Cyberattack on Telecoms Firm
Australia has flagged tough new data protection laws after a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of personal data of 9.8 million customers from telecom provider Optus, the second-largest in the country. The government blames lax cybersecurity at Optus, a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications, also known as Singtel, for the breach that expos...
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Facebook Wraps Up Deals With Australian Media Firms, TV Broadcaster SBS Excluded
Facebook has told Australian publishers it has stopped negotiating licensing deals, an email to the industry seen by Reuters showed, a move which came just six months after the passing of a law designed to make tech giants pay for news content.
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Australia Passes Landmark Law Requiring Tech Firms to Pay for Content as Facebook Restores News Pages
The Australian government passed a landmark legislation requiring global digital giants to pay for local news content, in a move closely watched around the world.
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Australia Passes Landmark Law Requiring Tech Firms To Pay For News
Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed Thursday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies.
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Australia And Facebook In Talks Over Sweeping News Ban
Australia and Facebook held high-stakes talks Friday after the social media giant sparked global outrage by blacking out news for its Australian users, as Canberra insisted it wouldn't back down on a new law that would force the tech firm to pay for journalistic content.
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As Google Eyes Australia Exit, Microsoft Talks Bing With PM Morrison
Software giant Microsoft Corp is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search over required payments to media outlets, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.
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Australia Mandates Financial Services Licences for Crypto Exchanges Under New Bill
Australia has introduced a new bill mandating financial services licences for cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country. The move aims to align digital asset platforms with traditional financial regulations, improve investor protection, and enhance market transparency. Exchanges will be required to meet compliance and disclosure standards a...
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Australia to Regulate Buy Now, Pay Later Services as Consumer Credit Products With New Laws
Australia said it would regulate buy-now-pay-later services as a consumer credit product under new laws, forcing BNPL providers to carry out background checks before lending in what would be one of the world's toughest regimes for the startup sector.
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Canada PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Threatening to Block News Access Over Online News Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday slammed Meta after executives said it would block news for Canadian Facebook and Instagram users in response to a proposed law that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content.
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Australia Proposes Stringent Penalties for Failure to Protect Customer Privacy After Cybersecurity Breaches
Australia has proposed tougher penalties for corporates that do not preserve the privacy of their customers. The country's decision comes weeks after two major cybersecurity incidents affected millions of citizens, and penalties for series breaches of the Privacy Act could increase from AUD 2.2 million (roughly Rs. 11 crore) to AUD 50 million (roug...
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Optus Data Breach: Australia Plans Tough Data Protection Laws After Cyberattack on Telecoms Firm
Australia has flagged tough new data protection laws after a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of personal data of 9.8 million customers from telecom provider Optus, the second-largest in the country. The government blames lax cybersecurity at Optus, a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications, also known as Singtel, for the breach that expos...
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Facebook Wraps Up Deals With Australian Media Firms, TV Broadcaster SBS Excluded
Facebook has told Australian publishers it has stopped negotiating licensing deals, an email to the industry seen by Reuters showed, a move which came just six months after the passing of a law designed to make tech giants pay for news content.
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Australia Passes Landmark Law Requiring Tech Firms to Pay for Content as Facebook Restores News Pages
The Australian government passed a landmark legislation requiring global digital giants to pay for local news content, in a move closely watched around the world.
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Australia Passes Landmark Law Requiring Tech Firms To Pay For News
Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed Thursday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies.
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Australia And Facebook In Talks Over Sweeping News Ban
Australia and Facebook held high-stakes talks Friday after the social media giant sparked global outrage by blacking out news for its Australian users, as Canberra insisted it wouldn't back down on a new law that would force the tech firm to pay for journalistic content.
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As Google Eyes Australia Exit, Microsoft Talks Bing With PM Morrison
Software giant Microsoft Corp is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search over required payments to media outlets, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.
