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Under-16 Social Media Ban: ESafety Commissioner's Regulatory Guidelines

Australia's social media ban for those under 16 years old is due to take effect from 10 December this year.

Australia Media & IT

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Age Assurance Technology Reaches Maturity

This week the Australian Government released its Final Report on the Age Assurance Technology Trial.

Australia Technology

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K&L Gates LLP

Combatting Payment Account Fraud: Australia's Scams Prevention Framework

On February 13, 2025, Australia passed legislation implementing its Scams Prevention Framework (SPF) aimed at protecting Australian consumers from scams.

Australia Finance

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A&O Shearman

The Employment Reality of TV Fame (2025 Edition)

Potential impact on employment for both employer and employee arising from being a reality TV show contestant.

Australia Media & IT

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Swaab

An overview of how to classify video games and films

Australia Media & IT

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Running Marketing Campaigns In Australia Involving Prizes – What You Need To Know

Australia Media & IT

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K&L Gates LLP

Social media defamation – A complete guide

Australia Litigation

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Stonegate Legal

Who owns images on social media?

Australia Media & IT

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Stacks Law Firm

Can uou believe everything you read from social media influencers? The ACCC is investigating.

Australia Consumer

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Holman Webb Lawyers

Australian Governance Summit: Key takeaways

Australia Commercial

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Holding Redlich

How social media outside the workplace can impact your employment

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

The ACCC has social media influencers in its sights

Australia Consumer

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Holding Redlich

ACCC review of Australian social media influencer testimonials and online reviews highlights concerning practices

Australia Consumer

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Piper Alderman

The criminal offence of threatening serious harm over the internet

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

New road rules and driving offences come into effect across Australia

Australia Transport

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Employing Work And Holiday Makers Beyond Six Months | Staying Compliant

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Crypto In The Courts – ASIC v Finder Update

Australia Technology

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K&L Gates LLP

What Happens If… You Are Faced With A Sanctions Issue And Need To Investigate? (Podcast)

Australia International

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Increased criminal penalties have failed to deter online abuse

With increasing reliance on the internet and mobile phones, it's unlikely that cyberbullying would ever disappear.

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Steps you should take to protect yourself when using social media – Part 2

Some essential tips to enjoy the benefits of social media while protecting privacy and personal information.

Australia Media & IT

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Understanding online safety when using social media – Part 1

Online safety is a shared responsibility and social media users must be proactive in safeguarding their online presence.

Australia Media & IT

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

You can't do or say that – even in your own time!

The case is a timely reminder for employees of how easily social media can bring out-of-hours conduct into the workplace.

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

The Voice debate: Misinformation and disinformation run rife on social media

Australia Media & IT

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Finding out who is behind a negative Google review

Australia Litigation

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Madgwicks

Spain's 'MeToo moment': Sexual touching or blown out of proportion?

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article - Inevitable: Employment lawyers warn indigenous Voice flashpoint for worker disputes - published in the Australian on 9 August 2023

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Navigating social media post separation – the do's and don'ts

Australia Family

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Inventiveness of ChatGPT poses risk of defamation

Australia Litigation

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Stacks Law Firm

Open justice is not absolute – Media reporting of criminal cases: Anonymity, pseudonyms and suppression orders

Australia Criminal

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Doogue + George Defence Lawyers

Does logging into another person's social media account amount to a criminal offence?

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Can a social media post amount to a criminal offence?

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article 'Federal government considers banning TikTok on public sector phones', published in HRM Online on 4 April 2023

Australia Technology

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Swaab

Open justice is not absolute – Media reporting of criminal cases: Anonymity, pseudonyms and suppression orders

On rare occasions, a court needs to make a suppression order that prohibits or restricts publication about a case.

Australia Criminal

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Doogue + George Defence Lawyers

Does logging into another person's social media account amount to a criminal offence?

It is a criminal offence to gain unauthorised access to, or modification of, restricted data held in a computer.

Australia Criminal

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Can a social media post amount to a criminal offence?

There are several offences in both Federal and State legislation capable of capturing online conduct.

Australia Criminal

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article 'Federal government considers banning TikTok on public sector phones', published in HRM Online on 4 April 2023

Public sector employees who oppose the TikTok ban would struggle to defend its use on work-issued phones.

Australia Technology

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Swaab

Removal from WhatsApp group constitutes dismissal

Australia Employment

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People + Culture Strategies

Stage 2 Defamation law reforms - what to expect in 2023 and beyond

The next stage of reform aims to modernise Australia's defamation laws to align with social media and internet usage.

Australia Litigation

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Bartier Perry

Social media influencers under investigation for fraud

ASIC is also concerned about ‘finfluencers' – financial influencers who endorse and promote shady financial schemes.

Australia Criminal

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

No bull – Plaintiff awarded nearly $300k in damages for defamation over Facebook posts

Defamation requires that publications convey imputations to the ordinary reasonable reader that are defamatory in nature.

Australia Litigation

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Rostron Carlyle Rojas

Sextortion is a crime in New South Wales

Sextortion is a form of image-based abuse and can be prosecuted in Australia under a number of different cyber-crimes.

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Full Disclosure Podcast, Vol. 15: What happens to my Facebook and Instagram when I die?

Australia Family

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Protecting your online privacy following a separation

Australia Family

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Ivy Law Group

The offence of using a carriage service for child abuse material in Australia

Australia Criminal

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Social Media – Employee use in and out of the workplace

Australia Employment

WB

Walter Baden

Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article - Twitter's potentially significant issues in mass lay-offs of Aussie staff - published in Lawyers Weekly on 8 November 2022

Australia Employment

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Swaab

What can dieticians, physiotherapists and other health professionals do about bad online reviews?

Australia Litigation

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Madgwicks

NSW District Court has power to order permanent injunctions, Court confirms

Australia Litigation

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Instagram food fight: Court clarifies approach to social media defamation

Australia Litigation

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Food blogger eats his words after Court orders $300,000 for defamatory posts

Australia Litigation

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

When is an online publisher a publisher?

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

[Podcast] Social media in the workplace

Australia Employment

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Walter Baden

Hyperlink is merely a tool: High Court finds Google is not a Publisher

Australia Media & IT

PA

Piper Alderman

Google fined for unlawfully collecting Australian consumer data

Australia Consumer

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

How can I get abusive content removed from the internet?

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

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