A number of legal cases were brought forward by regulators this year, in a bid to hold major tech companies accountable.
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Today’s social media is plagued by racism and sexism. Without intentionally building the metaverse to be inclusive, it will be, too.
Big tech is increasingly capitalising on opportunities to consolidate their power, raising constitutional questions about legitimacy, rights and democracy in the digital age.
Pressure is mounting on Congress to take action on Facebook. Our panel of experts offers their top priorities: user control of data, banking-like oversight and resources to close the digital divide.
Corporate rebranding is fundamental to the spread of metacapitalism which uses increasingly sophisticated technology to shape, exploit and profit from human interaction.
Canada needs to overhaul its approach to addressing online harms if it wants to remain a human rights leader and champion of internet freedom.
Far from unassailable, Facebook and Google act like organisations terrified they are about to peak. We can make it harder for them to buy growth.
What can and should be done in light of response to the Facebook Files? The issues are undoubtedly complex, but solutions need to centre on children’s rights and prioritize what young people need.
Children are at the heart of the battle between usefulness and security. Can we trust Big Tech to find solutions to making computers, and life online, safer for them?
Drone delivery company Wing is out to transform the sky – and Australia is at the forefront of its plans.
Each time you visit a page hosting ads, an automated ad auction begins behind the scenes — where the highest bidder wins the chance to target you with their product.
Big Tech makes a lot of promises about protecting privacy, but the reality is that using the industry’s products is a matter of trust.
The pandemic home-delivery boom is driving a push to automation and precarious work by Australian supermarkets.
The Federal Court of Australia has made a world-first ruling in favour of granting a patent to an artificial intelligence. But what comes next?
Combating vaccine misinformation on social media requires blocking sources of misinformation – and giving researchers access to data about how misinformation spreads.
The US is wrestling with the rest of the world for control of the internet. The ‘net as we know it could be a victim of the struggle.
With the recent travails of Didi, and the emergence of Tencent’s facial recognition feature, China’s tech sector is undergoing major upheaval.
The five bills would apply to Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google. If some (or all) of them become law, we can expect some major changes in how they do business.
Ireland is under pressure to investigate, and potentially fine, Facebook for alleged data breaches under GDPR.
Rethinking capitalism requires that the primary focus should be on the distribution of economic power as the potential leading causal factor driving inequality.
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Chair in Law and Technology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of English Language and Literature; University Research Chair & Founding Director, Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University