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In this world of modern digital assistants it's become commonplace to call upon your device by name. However, it’s also caused suffering in the lives of ladies named Alexa with everyone they meet thinking it’s funny to boss them around.

Reform plans designed to strengthen the online safety of Australians are under consideration by the Federal Government, with the Government commencing public consultation on a proposed new Online Safety Act.

The co-founder of ARM Holdings, Dr Hermann Mauser, has urged non-American technology companies not to give in to what he has characterised as "bullying" from the White House in the US-China trade war.

The Australian Labor Party says, if elected, it will create a new eSmart Digital Licence for children to arm them with digital skills and promote discussion about online safety between youngsters and parents, carers and teachers.

A former cloud project manager at the tech firm TechnologyOne has filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission, alleging discrimination on the grounds of her sex, disability and race, and also victimisation.

Prime Television has breached the privacy provisions of the Commercial TV Industry Code of Practice by using material relating to a child’s personal or private affairs in a news broadcast in March.

Reword bills itself as ‘the first technology of its kind in Australia’, working by identifying cruel or intimidating words in real time and prompting users to change them.

Children are inclined to hide negative online experiences from their parents or other adults, according to a newly published report which also reveals that one in three Australian children have been harmed by cybercrime, including suffering bullying online.

Australia's peak science body CSIRO is to set up an internal anti-bullying unit after an investigation looked into over 100 complaints of workplace bullying dating back to 1983.

Twitter is adding an 'anti-abuse' button following a spate of high-profile incidents.