Twitter feed: @efa_oz
- What consumers need from the ACCC inquiry into Google and Facebook: https://t.co/R7SuaTCLXl @abscard @nidhalaigh https://t.co/RFvIWAgvxX about 6 days ago
- Facebook for kids: a terrible idea or a potentially 'safer' space for interactions that are already happening?… https://t.co/6zJ2AQV8lT about 6 days ago
- As facial recognition tools play a bigger role in fighting crime, inbuilt racial biases raise troubling questions a… https://t.co/exmHqZ9aWJ 15:37 05 Dec 2017
- RT @apf_oz: MEDIA RELEASE: Why is the government planning to gather all Australian’s Medical Data? … and will not be running a mass media c… 15:34 28 Nov 2017
- An important, thought-provoking piece from @mpesce on the challenges of achieving meaningful transparency, accounta… https://t.co/nzPGr4gAiM 13:10 28 Nov 2017
- Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in the Digital Age - by @peter_tonoli https://t.co/lVsI2PHdOD https://t.co/CZToTlAS0M 17:39 27 Nov 2017
The Australian government quietly introduced the Copyright Amendment (Service Providers) Bill 2017 to the Senate on Wednesday. If enacted, the bill will extend the scope of Australia’s copyright safe harbours - very slightly. Safe harbours protect internet hosts and platform … Continue reading
Yesterday the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched an inquiry into digital platforms including Google and Facebook. Chairman of the ACCC Rod Sims said: The ACCC will look closely at longer-term trends and the effect of technological change on … Continue reading
I recently had the pleasure of participating in the Walkley Foundation panel discussion on "Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in the Digital Age". My co-panelists were Paul Farrell (Buzzfeed, ex-Guardian), Elise Worthington (ABC), with Julie Posetti (ex-Fairfax/ABC) as compere. As well … Continue reading
A couple of weeks back (with the help of Electronic Frontiers Australia & conference organisers), I attended the inaugural Safety on the Edge Conference hosted by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner. The eSafety Office falls under the Communications and … Continue reading
Ever since the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) back in January, the remaining eleven countries have been quietly attempting to bring a version of the agreement into force. Following some initial confusion,it was announced on Friday that … Continue reading