• Posted on 23 Oct 2025
  • 2 mins read

Welcome to the latest addition of the CMT newsletter!

This week, Derek investigates ACMA’s latest decency breach finding against the Kyle and Jackie O show, and asks why we seem to be back at the beginning of the enforcement path.

Kieran examines the definitional hair-splitting underlying the public discussion about which platforms will fall under the social media ban, and queries whether the regulatory approach is genuinely responsive to risk.

Finally, I look at Elon Musk’s announcement of Grokipedia, his AI-generated alternative to Wikipedia, in the context of alarming drops in user traffic to both Wikipedia and news websites.

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Derek Wilding digs into the proposed Australian content obligations for streaming services. 

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Dr Alena Radina looks at new claims about Russia “grooming” AI models.