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Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it

Genuine image of an abandoned Russian tank near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv during this week’s invasion. But social media is rife with fake...

Facebook ads have enabled discrimination based on gender, race and age. We need to know how ‘dark ads’ affect Australians

      AP Photo/Jon Elswick (Photo released by members of the U.S. House Intelligence committee)   Social media platforms are transforming how online advertising works and, in...

What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world

  Image: Wacomka / Shutterstock Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the tech giant will shift from being a social media company to becoming “a metaverse...

Google’s and Facebook’s loud appeal to users over the news media bargaining code shows a lack of political power

 Image: Shuttlestock Over the past few weeks, Google and Facebook have engaged in desperate attempts to avoid regulation under the Australian government’s proposed mandatory news media...

If Google does pull its search engine out of Australia, there are alternatives

 Image: Shutterstock/Wachiwit The Australian government’s push to make Google pay news organisations for linking to their content has seen the search giant threaten to pull out of Australia. Google...

Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways

 Picture: Mick Tsikas / AAP Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.