Tech giants are trying to obliterate privacy. Australia has a rare chance to take back part of their power | Lizzie O'Shea

‘Pervert glasses’ are selling out, tick-a-box consent is broken and the spectre of surveillance is invading all aspects of our lives Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A mere five years after the government first started talking about it, new changes have finally been proposed for the Privacy

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Douglas Rissing/Getty Earlier this month, the federal government passed laws to encourage tech giants to pay Australian news businesses for journalism. This is known as the News Bargaining Incentive. For companies earning A$250 million or more in annual Australian digital advertising revenue (likely to include Meta, Go