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February 13, 2025: The Digital Industry Group Inc. (DIGI) welcomes the passage of the Scams Prevention Framework, which will strengthen a wide range of industries’ scam defences, through mandatory industry codes with tough penalties for non-compliance. On the passage of the legislation, DIGI Managing Director, Sunita Bose said: “Scammers must be stopped at every step […]
11 March 2025: The Digital Industry Group Inc. (DIGI) welcomes the release of the 2024 Targeting Scams report by the National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC), which highlights a 25.9% reduction in total scam losses in Australia in 2024 compared to 2023. Reported losses from ‘online forums’ – including social media, online trading sites, professional forums, and […]
*UPDATE* – 1:30pm AEST: X has signed on to the AOSC. This means that eight leading companies in the tech industry have today launched a proactive code aimed at combating scam activity in Australia. The Australian Online Scams Code (AOSC) has been signed by Discord, Google, Meta, Snap, TikTok, Twitch, X, and Yahoo as initial […]
The independent Complaints Sub-Committee completed its inquiries into the complaint by Reset Australia against Meta after considering the information provided by the parties and consulting the independent reviewer of the Meta transparency report. The Committee dismissed the complaint on the grounds that Reset Australia produced no convincing evidence that Meta’s transparency report contained false statements. […]