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Earth Matters
Restoring Democracy in the Disinformation Age

Earth Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025


Restoring Democracy in the Disinformation Age Access to reliable, accurate information is essential for democracy. From misleading health advice to conspiracy theories, unchecked disinformation risks swaying elections, jeopardising ecosystems, and even inciting violence. In fact, the World Economic Forum ranks misinformation and disinformation the number one short-term threat to humanity and progress.This week on the show, we hear from experts at the Disinformation and Democracy Forum hosted by Australian Democracy Network last month in Narrm (melbourne). It's a timely opportunity to hear from those dealing with the impacts of disinformation, about how we can address the threat while safeguarding free speech, empowering citizens, and holding big tech companies accountable for their role in shaping our democracy.Jane Gardner is the Director of Engagement at the Australian Conservation Foundation. She previously led communications and media at the Climate Council, Save the Children and at the University of Melbourne. Before this, she worked as a daily newspaper reporter. Jane has a strong track record in communications for advocacy and social change. From tackling climate disinformation, to reporting from the epicentre of the world's largest refugee camp, to coaching the next generation of young climate activists, Jane has enjoyed an interesting career and has many tales to tell. Mark Andrejevic is a Professor at the School of Media, Film, and Journalism at Monash University and is on the board of Digital Rights Watch. He writes about digital media and popular culture, with a focus on the ways in which automated data collection is transforming social, political, and cultural life. He is the author of four books and over 80 journal articles and book chapters. acf.org.au/disinformation-resourcesaustraliandemocracy.org.auEarth Matters #1499 was produced by Mia Audrey on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung in Narrm (melbourne).

Green Left Weekly Radio
eSafety commission, Tackling Online Harms & Digital rights || The Herd: "Soul of My Soul"

Green Left Weekly Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024


Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Chloe DS, Zane Alcorn, Rob ZocchiNewsreportsDiscussion from the presenters reporting on Lidia thorpe's public forum on June 20 discussing "Truth Telling and Treaty.Presenters discuss the Labor parties deporation bill drawing on the article Is Labor ramping up deportations of non-citizens? via Green Left.Response to the Dutton's proposal for Australia to adopt nuclear power as a means of reducing emissions.Interviews and DiscussionsSamantha Floreani, head of policy at Digital Rights Watch joins the program responding to a number of proposals being put forward by the Albanese government to address harm and misogyny online including age vertification for access to pornography and bans on the distribution of deepfake pornography. You can listen to the individual interview here.Trakswet, member of the hip-hop group The Herd joins the program to discuss the band's first single in 12-years titled "Soul of my Soul" featuring Palestinian artists and the importance of musicians supporting international solidarity. You can listen to the individual interview here.Songs played"Marryuna" by Baker Boy and Yirrma"Soul of my Soul" by The Herd.   

Saturday Magazine
Saturday 25th May, 2024: Proposed Social Media Ban for Children, Samantha Floreani, Head of Policy Digital Rights Watch

Saturday Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 14:10


It would be much better for young people to be supported to navigate social media safely than ban them from it entirely, writes, Samantha Floreani, Head of Policy Digital Rights... LEARN MORE The post Saturday 25th May, 2024: Proposed Social Media Ban for Children, Samantha Floreani, Head of Policy Digital Rights Watch appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

Monday Breakfast
Digital Rights, Slutwalk, Francesca Albanese on Palestine, and beauty and destruction in the Anthropocene

Monday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023


Welcome to this week's iteration of Monday Breakfast, bringing you current affairs from a range of radical topics. First up we hear part 2 of Claudia Craig's interview with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian territories. You can listen to the full interview here.Then Grace speaks with Samantha Floreani, Program lead at Digital Rights Watch, discussing AI, advocacy, and the impact of billionaires and policymakers on our privacy rights. The conversation mentions this article penned by Samantha.We then hear from  Dr Lisa Anderson, an Honorary Professor at the Federation University of Australia and a past Fellow of the Australian Museum and the University of Technology in Sydney. She has developed work which delves into hidden stories, remote expeditions and climate change through traces and markings of the environment, geography, people and animals.Her latest exhibition, Beguiling, is a multimedia exhibition, including both images and videos, exploring the parallel elements of beauty and destruction through the Anthropocene. The Beguiling exhibition is open from Wednesday 8 November 2023 to Thursday 4 Jan 2024. Hosted by Victorian Pride Centre, 79-81 Fitzroy Street St Kilda, VIC 3182 For more info, go to https://pridecentre.org.au/visual-art/beguiling/ Saturday the 25th of November marked the first of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. As such from then until the 10th of December 3CR will be playing segments about gender-based violence and other relevant subjects every day. Today though we will be playing excerpts from Saturday's Slutwalk. Slutwalk is an international movement calling for abusers to be held accountable as well as an end to slut-shaming and victim-blaming. It began in Toronto, Canada back in 2011 when a Toronto City police officer responded to campus rape at a York University by saying ‘women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized'. First up we will hear from Hoda of a naarm-based art collective Feminista Melbourne (@feminista.melbourne on instagram) which is a grassroots collective of artists and activists who found each other during the women life freedom protests late last year. Following that you'll hear from Sherele Moody (@sherelemoodyfemicidewatch on Instagram), an Australian femicide and child death researcher. She is the creator of the world's only online memorial to women and children lost to violence and the ground-breaking Australian femicide and child death map. Her speech includes the names of the 66 women lost to violence in Australia this year. I'm putting a content warning for these next two segments as they do include mentions of violence and harassment towards women and children, including their deaths as well. Before each speech you hear music from Riff Raff Radical Marching band, you can find them on instagram as @riffraffradicalmarchingband.You can listen to all of the speeches from Saturday's Slutwalk rally at https://www.3cr.org.au/slutwalk2023.

Housing for the Aged Action Group
Digital Privacy for older renters

Housing for the Aged Action Group

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023


Shane and Fiona spoke to Samantha Floreani, Program Lead at Digital Rights Watch, about how tech is eroding older renters rights, and giving real estate agents way too much power. https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/

Wednesday Breakfast
Breakfast AI Special 2023- AI Hallucination, Effect on Warfare, Healthcare, Role of Capitalism & Environmental Sustainability, Effect on Media

Wednesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023


Grace speaks with Dr Sarah Bentley, research scientist at CSIRO, discussing the means of AI hallucination, in comparison to human hallucination, but not in the same way we know of. Sunehra speaks with AI Scientist Toby Walsh, Chief Scientist at the AI Institute at the University of New South Wales, discussing the effect of AI on war. You also can catch Toby at the ALP National Conference Fringe event 2023 this Friday 2pm, where he will be talking about what AI means for the modern world.  Claudia speaks with Professor Karin Verspoor, Executive Dean of the School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University, talking about artificial intelligence in the healthcare space, the role of capitalism and environmental sustainability.  Patrick speaks with Program Lead at Digital Rights Watch, Samantha Floreani, regarding the impact AI has on media for the future but also whether AI be used to manipulate consumers to consume more goods and how algorithms could make your decision-making for you.   Songs:1. Lose Yourself to Dance by Daft Punk 

Tuesday Breakfast
Science Week Special: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deepfakes, violence against women online, disability rights, facial recognition and over policing

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023


~Science Week Special: Pulling the threads of AI, Automation + Data Sovereignty all week on 3CR Breakfast~ Headlines//7.15: Lara Week, resident of Techno Park Drive in Williamstown, on their campaign to stay in their homes in the face of eviction notices by the Hobsons Bay Council. Find out more here, and sign their petition here. This episode first aired on Thursday Breakfast on 3 August//7.30: Professor Nicola Henry on the impact of AI on deepfakes and violence against women online as well as the creation of Umibot, an AI chatbot that helps people report incidents of image-based abuse and find support//7.45: Vanessa Keogh from WWF Australia about the first ever national Trees Scorecard and Australia's shocking rates of deforestation//8.00: Disability advocate Dr Emily Steel on artificial intelligence and the rights of persons with disabilities//8.15: Lizzie O'Shea from Digital Rights Watch on facial recognition technology and its implications on over policing// SongsNu Moon - Discovery ZoneLALAKI - BVT (language warning)Don't date the teenager - Gretta RayFineshrine - Purity Ring

Wednesday Breakfast
Save Barak Beacon Housing, Internet, AI & Media Diversity, Use of 'Snug', Mparntwe & Independent Media, Anti-Protest laws,

Wednesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023


Patrick Morrow spoke with resident Margaret Kelly and other fellow residents at the Save Barak Beacon housing estate rally last week, discussing the Port Melbourne public housing estate refurbishment where Kelly demanded a meeting with Housing Minister Colin Brooks, regarding her relocation and the situation for other residents. The government has delivered a stance. "We acknowledge that moving home can be difficult, but to deliver more than 300 new and much-needed social and affordable homes at Barak Beacon, we need to relocate any remaining residents. Margaret has been offered three separate modern, spacious and accessible homes nearby but has refused to engage with Homes Victoria to explore the suitability of these homes. If she chooses to, Margaret will have priority access to return to one of the newly constructed homes at Barak Beacon once the redevelopment is complete. This important project will revitalise the Barak Beacon community and allow more people to make Port Melbourne their home," says a Victorian Government spokesperson.   Grace speaks with Jordan Guiao, author of "Disconnect: Why We Get Pushed to Extremes Online & How to Stop It?" discussing the current internet situation following the rise of AI and the importance to support media diversity.   Breakfast presenter Priya Kunjan speaks with Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, James Clark, about the use in Australia of "landlord tech" such as Snug, which has attracted scrutiny after revelations about its dubious method of "scoring" of rental applications in a Guardian exclusive late last year. Snug has been engaged by Homes Victoria to develop a platform to allocate affordable housing in the state via random ballot, raising additional concerns about the nature and use of this technology. Snug continues to be used in 2023. (This conversation was originally broadcast on February 23rd 2023)  Claudia spoke with ABC producer, Evan Wallace, discussing the current situation in Mparntwe, Alice Springs, and the importance of independent media.   Grace speaks with David Mejia-Canales, senior lawyer at Human Rights Lawyer Centre discussing anti-protest laws, and their impact, including the need to support HRLC for defending rights.   To allow HLRC to continue defending the rights to protest, help support by donating to their Fairer Future Appeal 2023 donation.  Songs:  Thulumaay Gii by Thelma Plum World on Fire by Dolly Parton Waltzing Matilda by Tom Waits 

Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM
Interview with Tania Wolff & Lizzie O'Shea, Victoria's Proposed No Opt-Out Digital Health Record

Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 35:51


Tania Wolff, President of the Law Institute of Victoria and Lizzie O'Shea, Chair of Digital Rights Watch sit down with Amy to delve into the Victorian government's proposed digital health record with no opt-out provision – the Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023, which passed the lower house last week. Additional concerns around cybersecurity, privacy, data misuse, and that it will not be subject to Freedom of Information laws are yet to be addressed. We last spoke about this issue with Juanita Fernando (https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/uncommon-sense/episodes/5733-victorias-concerning-health-data-overreach-philosopher-peter-singer-on-living-a-more-ethical-life-comedian-and-actor-chris-parker-a-gentle-man) and Fiona Patten (https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/uncommon-sense/episodes/6107-fiona-patten-mp-speaks-in-depth-on-victorian-state-politics-henry-reynolds-on-australias-forgotten-frontier-wars-coral-cover-on-the-great-barrier-reef) in 2022. Broadcast on 28 February 2023.

Uncommon Sense
Federal Politics And The Economy With Richard Denniss; Exploring The Geoff Raby Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art; Victoria's Proposed Digital Health Record With No Opt-Out

Uncommon Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 122:03


Dr Richard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute, returns to discuss his latest piece in The Monthly on the failures of federal and state COVID-19 policy and Richard tells us what the real causes of inflation and rising interest rates are. There's no risk to the economy of a wage-price spiral, rather a profit-price spiral.Dr Damian Smith, art historian, curator, and art critic, speaks about a new book he edited, The Geoff Raby Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art (La Trobe University Press). Dr Geoff Raby AO was Australia's Ambassador to China between 2007 and 2011, and donated 174 contemporary Chinese art works to La Trobe University. Raby arrived in Beijing in the 1980s where he first encountered the emerging contemporary art scene and soon became an avid collector. Damian talks about the artists, art works, and artistic themes featured in the collection, as he shows the diversity of contemporary art practice in China and how it reveals cultural insights into 21st century China.Tania Wolff, President of the Law Institute of Victoria and Lizzie O'Shea, Chair of Digital Rights Watch sit down with Amy to delve into the Victorian government's proposed digital health record with no opt-out provision – the Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023, which passed the lower house last week. Additional concerns around cybersecurity, privacy, data misuse, and that it will not be subject to Freedom of Information laws are yet to be addressed. We last spoke about this issue with Juanita Fernando and Fiona Patten in 2022.

Thursday Breakfast
Women of Colour Network replay: discrimination in Victorian Public Sector, Jathan Sadowski on generative AI platforms, Jane Bourke on rising concerns about silicosis in Australia & 'landlord tech' with James Clark

Thursday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023


Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Replay of Women of Colour Network at the Womens Rights at Work Conference at the end of 2022, where they spoke about the formation of their network and the need to address discrimination in Victorian Public Sector workplaces. You can catch more industrial, social, and workplace topics from 3CR's Stick Together on Wednesday 8:30am - 9:00am. // Jathan Sadowski, senior research fellow in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University, joins us to discuss generative AI platforms, including the much-hyped DALL-E and ChatGPT, to unpack what they do, how they work, and to contextualise their development within the political economy of the modern tech industry. Alongside his academic research, Jathan co-hosts This Machine Kills, a podcast about technology and political economy.// Dr Jane Bourke is Associate Professor in Pharmacology at Monash University, where she leads the Respiratory Pharmacology Group. She has a long-standing interest in the regulation of smooth muscle function in the lung and cardiovascular system, and has been leading a research program on silicosis at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute since the first cases in stonemasons working with engineered stone were reported in Australia. Today Jane joins us to discuss rising concerns about silicosis in Australia and the precautions we should be taking to protect ourselves, at an individual and regulatory scale.// James Clark, Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, speaks with us about the use in Australia of "landlord tech" such as Snug, which has attracted scrutiny after revelations about its dubious method of "scoring" of rental applications in a Guardian exclusive late last year. Most recently, Snug has been engaged by Homes Victoria to develop a platform to allocate affordable housing in the state via random ballot, raising additional concerns about the nature and use of this technology.// Songs// Eventually - Miiesha// Big Titties - Djanaba// P Stands for Playa - Pania// SMILE (feat. Jam) - Tseba// 

Byte Into IT
Privacy Act Review Report; The Emergence of The Digital Nomad

Byte Into IT

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 41:55


Presenters Warren Davies and Jo Eaton are joined by James Clark, executive director of Digital Rights Watch, to discuss the federal Attorney General's Privacy Act Review Report and what could come of the proposed reforms; and Warren and Jo also visit upon the emergence of the digital nomad lifestyle and what this new way of working can mean for workers. Plus the latest tech news, events and opportunities.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit

Tuesday Breakfast
End native forest logging, NETFA FGM/C pocast, how innovative are digital rights, Pride Street Party

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023


Headlines// Subscriber drive is on now! 3CR provides Independent, community-owned media, free of commercial influence and government bias. It is radio in your language, giving voice to your community. Independent, community-owned media is rare and precious and can only exist with our community's support. Show your support for 3CR and subscribe here.  Excerpts from the gathering outside parliament that Annie from Solidarity Breakfast recorded urging the Andrews government to ensure an immediate end to native forest logging across the state// Excerpt from the NETFA FGM/C podcast where participant Patience Afor speaks with a survivor of FGM/C and her husband about the short-term and long-term impacts of FGM/C, the harms of the “cultural” justifications of FGM/C, and the impact that FGM/C has had on their marriage// IWD special segment: Guest host Caitlin McGrane speaks with Sam Floreani from Digital Rights Watch about how digital rights are innovative (or not) in the lead up to International Women's Day 2023// Actor, activist and Midsumma Youth Ambassador Frankie Mazzone speaking to Sally from Out of the Pan for 3CR's special live broadcast from the Pride Street Party last Sunday// SongsOn the eve of the rush - Vallis AlpsThe Opener - Camp CopeSomehow (You Still Get to Me) - Cry Club

Thursday Breakfast
Dirt Radio & Jupiter McIntire on Uranium in Drinking Water in the NT, Natalie Feliks talks advocacy and Trans Fiction, Lilly Ryan on biometrics, privacy and recent cyber attacks and cartoonist Tommi Parish on their sophomore graphic novel 'MEN

Thursday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022


Dirt Radio & Jupiter McIntire on Uranium in Drinking Water in the ​NT, Natalie Feliks talks advocacy and Trans Fiction, ​Lilly Ryan on biometrics, privacy and recent cyber attacks and cartoonist Tommi Parish on their sophomore graphic novel 'MEN I TRUST'. Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​Jack and Sam from 3CR's Dirt Radio talked to Jupiter McIntire about her new report - Northern Waters: Uranium in Drinking Water in the Northern Territory last Tuesday the 25th of October. The report, due to be released later this week, looks at the heightened levels of Uranium in the drinking water of remote communities in the NT, the detrimental health effects and social issues that are driven by careless Uranium mining in the territory. Keep your eyes peeled for the report through to be published with FoE Melbourne and find out how you can get involved spreading the word of this very pressing issue in the NT. Catch Dirt Radio from 9:30-10AM on Tuesdays here on 3CR Community Radio.​// ​Natalie Feliks is a writer, feminist and activist, who has published both fiction and non-fiction work. These days, Natalie has a focus on bringing empowerment to queer and disabled people through advocacy and representation. Today Natalie joins us to talk all things trans-fiction, coping with rejection, staying motivated and what inspires her writing practice​. ​You can find Natalie's latest non-fiction article on trans women in sport here.​// ​Lilly Ryan is a software security consultant and board member of Digital Rights Watch. She joins us today to discuss what the recent cyberattack and data breaches on Optus and Medibank mean for legislation, privacy, and the department of home affairs proposed strategy to prevent this through biometrics.​//​We are joined by cartoonist, illustrator, and art editor Tommi Parrish to discuss their breathtaking sophomore graphic novel MEN I TRUST. Tommi is based in Montreal. Their previous work, The Lie And How We Told It, was nominated for the Ignatz awards and won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ Graphic Novel. MEN I TRUST is out this month with Scribe, available online and in all good bookstores.​//​​Songs// ​Black Child - Birdz, Mo'Ju​// 

Thursday Breakfast
L​ily Ryan on cyber security and personal protection in the digital world​, Hoang Tran Nguyen & Sebastian Henry-Jones on 'House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue' and Simon Robinson from design and research practice OFFICE.

Thursday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022


L​ily Ryan on cyber security and personal protection in the digital world​, Hoang Tran Nguyen & Sebastian Henry-Jones on 'House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue' and Simon Robinson from design and research practice OFFICE.// Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​Lilly Ryan is a software security consultant and board member of Digital Rights Watch. Last week we heard from Lilly Ryan about cyberattacks, reform, and biometrics. Today she joins us again to speak about cybersecurity and personal protection in the digital world!​//​​​Hoang Tran Nguyen is an artist working in social practice to address overlapping cultural histories, politics of place and the role of the art-worker.​ ​Sebastian Henry-Jones is a curator and writer led by an interest in DIY thinking; whose practice is informed by striving for a personal ethics with sincerity, generosity, honest communication and learning at its core. Today, Seb and Hoang join us to explore the context that has informed the project ‘house of mother tongue, house of other tongue', currently showing across and in-between ​Footscray Community Arts and ​West Space. You can find details for the Vietspeak Symposium here.​​//​Simon Robinson, architect and a managing director of the not-for-profit design and research practice OFFICE, joins us today to discuss OFFICE's 'https://www.office.org.au/project/retain-repair-reinvest/' project. This ongoing project has involved developing proposals for public housing refurbishment and retention as an alternative to the Victorian Government's Big Housing Build plans to demolish and rebuild these estates.//  Songs// Big Girls - Pricie​​​//Ezinna - B wise, Sampa the Great, Milan Ring//Smile - IZY// ​Where are you from? - Naavikaran//​By the Moon - Punko//

Serious Danger
35: TikTokcracy or Murdocracy? (ft. Cam Wilson)

Serious Danger

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2022 64:53


Julie Bishop (“J.Bish”) is putting the gas in gaslighting. Emerald is joined by guest host Cam Wilson, associate editor for Crikey. They start by talking TikTok, digital surveillance and the ethics of big tech (8:11). Then the big question - why is the Australian media so cooked? (28:24) Finally, a call to action (1:01:17). New Patreon bonus ep now out! Play Rusted-On Bingo with its creator, cartoonist Jon Kudelka! Sign up for it and more exclusive episodes at - https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Links - @cameronwilson on Twitter http://wilson.cam/  https://www.crikey.com.au/author/cwilsoncrikey-com-au/  Donate to Digital Rights Watch to support research, advocacy and campaigns on privacy and digital rights: https://donate.digitalrightswatch.org.au/ Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Quicky
Facial Recognition: Who Is Recording Your Image & Why?

The Quicky

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 15:53


We're all aware that sometimes our image is captured on CCTV as we go about our daily lives, but what you might not realise is that when you enter some of Australia's biggest stores, facial recognition technology is capturing your digital data. So which shops are currently doing this and why? And can you opt out if you don't want big corporations to have such intimate and private information about you and your family? The Quicky speaks to an expert in digital privacy to find out what is going on with this data collection, and how concerned (or not) we need to be. Subscribe to Mamamia GET IN TOUCH Feedback? We're listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au CREDITS  Host: Claire Murphy With thanks to: Samantha Floreani - Program Lead at Digital Rights Watch where she advocates for human rights in the digital age. Samantha also works on the intersection of human rights, technology, and feminism Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane Audio Producer: Thom Lion Subscribe to The Quicky at...https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading our articles or listening to our podcasts, you're helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We're currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.auv Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Women on the Line
Digital rights under surveillance capitalism

Women on the Line

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022


On this week's episode, we're joined by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker and Samantha Floreani to tackle some big questions about digital rights, predatory tech companies and regulation. Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker is a Nyungar technologist and digital rights activist who serves on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia. Their work explores the intersection of activism, science-fiction, and technology in imagining radical futures and ushering them into existence.Samantha Floreani is a digital rights activist and writer living on unceded Wurundjeri land. They also live on the internet and strive to make it a better place through their privacy advocacy and tech policy work as Program Lead for Digital Rights Watch.You can read the article about queer online spaces and government regulation that Kat mentioned towards the end of the show here on Junkee. 

What is The Future for Cities?
063I_Lilly Ryan, lead security specialist at Thoughtworks

What is The Future for Cities?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 50:58


Interview with Lilly Ryan, lead security specialist at Thoughtworks. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, safety and security, public and private spaces, the ghost in the machine, and many more. Lilly Ryan is a lead security specialist at Thoughtworks, and also serves on the board of Digital Rights Watch. Lilly has delivered presentations across the globe on web application security, privacy education, and the history of technology-related issues. You can catch her talking security on the OWASP DevSlop Show or occasionally having opinions on Byte Into IT. You can find out more about Lilly through these links: Lilly Ryan on LinkedIn; @attacus_au as Lilly Ryan on Twitter; Lilly Ryan website; Thoughtworks website; Digital Rights Watch website; OWASP DevSlop Show youtube channel; Byte Into IT website; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on twitter @WTF4Cities! I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

Thursday Breakfast
Queerness and Digital Spaces, RAHU on Australia's Housing Crisis, Reproductive Rights in Australia, Crackdown on Climate Protests, Mia Boe on Art and Inheritance

Thursday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022


7:00am - Acknowledgement of Country// 7.05am - News Headlines// 7:15am - Catch a bonus segment from the upcoming episode of 3CR's Women on the Line program featuring Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker and Samantha Floreani discussing digital rights and the possibilties and pitfalls of regulation. Kat is a Nyungar technologist and digital rights activist serving on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia, and Sam is a digital rights activist and writer currently working as Program Lead for Digital Rights Watch. This snippet features Kat and Sam speaking about queerness and digital spaces, and forms part of a broader conversation that will air on 3CR on Monday the 4th of July from 8:30-9AM on 3CR 855AM and online at 3cr.org.au/streaming. You can read the article about queer online spaces and government regulation that Kat and Sam referred to during the clip here on Junkee.// 7:30am - Alex, from the Renters and Housing Union or RAHU, joins us to unpack some of the key insights around housing availability and affordability from the recently released 2021 census data, as well as in a report published this week by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which highlights rising rental stress and lack of public housing availability in Australia. We will also discuss RAHU's recommendations for a response from the new federal government, including the need for a comprehensive national housing strategy.// 7:45am - Laura Riccardi is a Health Promotion Officer at Women's Health in the South East (WHISE), in Sexual and Reproductive Health. She is the project lead on the regional strategy to improve sexual and reproductive health and has been an activist for reproductive rights for many years. She joins us today to speak on inclusive abortion access, barriers to care, stigma, and how to support protecting and enhancing these rights, following the overturning of landmark abortion access legislation Roe v Wade in the US.// For information about options surrounding contraception, sexual health, and pregnancy: Please call 1800 MY OPTIONS - 1800 696 784// Open 9am-5pm Mon to Fri (closed public holidays) //or email: info@1800myoptions.org.au// For National Relay Service call 1800 555 660.//For interpreters call 13 14 50.// 8:00am - Anastasia from Legal Observers NSW joins us again to evaluate some of the early impacts of New South Wales' Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2022, considering the concerning crackdowns by NSW police on Blockade Australia's climate justice direct actions and organising over the past two weeks. We will also discuss how this fits into a wider legislative push across other Australian states, including the Victorian government's proposal to impose harsher penalties for forest protestors, and the implications of this trend for the right to protest and fundamental civil liberties of organisers across movements.// 8:15am - Mia Boe is a painter from Brisbane, with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. The inheritance and 'disinheritance' of both of these cultures focus her work. Mia's paintings respond, sometimes obliquely, to Empire's deliberate, violent interferences with the cultural heritages of Burma and K'gari (Fraser Island). Mia is a studio resident at Gertrude Contemporary in Preston and is currently showing her work at Penny Contemporary alonside Katie Eraser.// Songs//BIRYANI - ASHWARYA//

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast
Talkback — is that a facial recognition camera?

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 47:44


Major retailers and councils are increasingly installing cameras with facial recognition technology. They claim it is for security and community safety reasons, but once your unique facial data is captured, there's concern about how this data is later used, who gets access to it and how it is stored.

Mornings with Neil Mitchell
New tech used by major retailers opens 'huge can of worms' for privacy of Australians

Mornings with Neil Mitchell

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 5:33


Program lead at Digital Rights Watch, Samantha Floreani, says it's a "real level up from CCTV". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tuesday Breakfast
Revisiting the Collapse of Youpla, Rebalancing the Internet Economy, Ongoing Strike at University of Sydney, BUOY - Pushing Boundaries of Gravity, Space, Sound and Time

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022


We revisit Kannagi's conversation with Sam Rudolph, Aboriginal Policy Officer at the Consumer Action Law Centre, about Youpla (formally known as Aboringal Community Benefit Fund) - the funeral fund that recently went into liquidation due to financial collapse. This interview originally aired 26 April 2022. // Sam Floreani from Digital Rights Watch speaks to Kannagi about their upcoming event with Music Victoria this Thursday called Create - the final event in their community based research project on rebalancing the internet economy. // Dani Cotton, PhD candidate and casual university worker, talks to Kannagi about the ongoing strike at the University of Sydney, workers rights and the importance of industrial action. // Carmen Madison, creative producer and director, speaks with Gen about BoilOver theatre company and their new production BUOY, showcasing performers of diverse ability, coming up on Friday 3 June. // SongsI Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Nina Simone //Backseat of My Mind - Thelma Plum //Better Things - Kee-Ahn //

Byte Into IT
The Cognitive Science of Misinformation and Digital Rights and the new Federal Government

Byte Into IT

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 49:55


Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Lily Ryan and David Nichols speak with Associate Professor Andrew Perfors from the University of Melbourne about how we can identify and navigate misinformation; and James Clark, Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, gives a post-election rundown on what the change of government means for tech policy and digital rights. Plus the latest in local and international tech news.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit

Byte Into IT
Tech in the Russia-Ukraine War, Future of AI and Digital Rights Watch

Byte Into IT

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 44:57


Presenters Jo Eaton, Warren Davies and Lily Ryan explore how technology is playing a role in the Russia-Ukraine war and how the big tech platforms can play a more active role in policing misinformation; Dr. Caludia Sandberg from Melbourne University talks about the rise of AI and its role in our lives; and Digital Rights Watch has launched their 2021 report and Lily explores the report's findings.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit

Uprise Radio
Uprise Radio - Episode 60: Digital Rights Watch: The State of Digital Rights and Surveillance Capitalism

Uprise Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022


Uprise Radio is joined by Sam Floreani, Program Lead at Digital Rights Watch, to discuss surveillance capitalism, misinformation and alternative approaches to internet harm reduction that don't include censorship or encroachment on our privacy.Sam talks us through the scope and over-arching findings in the soon-to-be-released Digital Rights Watch 2021 Retrospective. The report will be launched online this Thursday the 3rd of March at DWR's event ‘The State of Digital Rights' at 1pm. Be sure to get along to find out more and to hear from the great line-up of speakers.

Thursday Breakfast
Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner Commemoration, Support for Disability Services Workers, Digital Rights Watch: Privacy, Charter of Human Rights and Social Media Inquiry, Anaiwan Land Back Campaign

Thursday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022


We hear Janet Galpin, Boonwurrung Foundation Representative, speaking at the Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner Commemoration 2021. This year's commemoration took place today 20th January and was broadcast live on 3CR from 12pm.  We are joined by Angus MacFarland, Acting Secretary of The Australian Services Union, to discuss the urgent need for Commonwealth and State governments to provide support to essential disability services workers, including paid isolation leave, priority boosters and personal protective equipment.  Samantha Floreani, Program Lead with Digital Rights Watch, joins us to discuss the searching of returned travellers' phones by Australian Border Force and the need for a Federal Charter of Human Rights, as well as the review of the federal Privacy Act, and the current Inquiry into Social Media and Online Safety.  Dave Widders, proud Anaiwan man and campaign media representative for the Anaiwan Land buyback joins us to speak about Nēwara Aboriginal Corporation's Land Back campaign, raising funds to buy a piece of land for Anaiwan cultural practice, care for Country and language revitalization. SongsCamp Cope - Running with the HurricaneBirdz - Know Your TruthDRMNGNOW - Indigenous Land

Tuesday Breakfast
Gender-based Violence in the Workplace, Depicting Family Violence on Screen, Social Media Legislation, Lockdown Reflections from Collingwood College

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021


 HeadlinesOmicron strainNSW floodsDavid Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu diesInternational Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women and 16 Days of ActivismPhuong speaks with Professor Sara Charlesworth, Director of RMIT's Centre for People, Organisation and Work and Professor of Gender, Work and Regulation in the School of Management, about gender-based violence in the workplace. CONTENT WARNING: The following interview mentions sexual harassment and abuse.  Kannagi speaks with Professor Lisa French, Dean of RMIT's School of Media and Communication, about the Netflix mini series Maid, family violence and the importance of women telling diverse stories on screen. CONTENT WARNING: Please be aware that this conversation is about family violence. If this type of content is a trigger for you, please contact WIRE on 1300 134 130 or 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732, or your state-based service. Evie speaks with Sam Floreani, a digital rights activist currently working with Digital Rights Watch about the proposed new legislation aimed at making online “trolls” accountable for their actions why online anonymity is good. We play the episode of a short series of interviews Phuong did with some students in Grades 3/4 from Collingwood College called 'A snapshot in time'. Tune in next week for another installment. SongsIf I don't hear from you tonight - Courtney BarnettGrowing up - Alex the Astronaut

Thursday Breakfast
Sex Work Decriminalisation in VIC, Action for Afghanistan, Basic Online Safety Expectations Consultation, ‘Do You Ever Wonder?' with Matt Chun

Thursday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021


Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// On Monday's episode of Women on the Line, Iris interviewed Dylan O'Hara from Victoria's peer sex-worker organisation Vixen Collective on the benefits of full decriminalisation of sex work and how the Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021, which is currently before Victorian Parliament, leaves some sex workers behind. You can listen back to the whole episode at here, and find out how to support the push for amendments to the Bill by visiting the 'No Sex Worker Left Behind' campaign on vixencollective.org.// Shabnam from Action for Afghanistan speaks with us about the continued crisis in Afghanistan, impacts on the Afghan community here in so-called Australia, and the obligation of the Australian government to provide tangible support.// On 14 October, we were joined by Samantha Floreani, Program Lead at Digital Rights Watch, about the Basic Online Safety Expectations, which fall under the Online Safety Act and provide the Minister with broad discretion to define the parameters for digital safety and content restrictions on social media and other online services. We replay this interview today as public consultation on the draft expectations close this Friday 12 November. You can have your say here. If you're not sure how to get started, Digital Rights Watch has published their submission along with information about how to make a submission here.// Artist and writer Matt Chun joins us to speak about his new self-published picture book ‘Do You Ever Wonder?', and processes and politics of creating against colonisation in the literary sphere in so-called Australia. You can grab a copy of ‘Do You Ever Wonder?', as well as Matt's other work, here.// SongsBlue - Camp Cope//Carafe - Teether and Kuya Neil//

The Grapevine
Vulnerable agricultural workers secure minimum wage

The Grapevine

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 47:51


On this episode of The Grapevine, Kulja and Dylan get on the line with the Australian Workers' Union National Secretary, Daniel Walton, to discuss the historic win for fruit workers – who have been historically exploited by the agricultural industry – securing a minimum casual rate of pay.Then, journalist Sean Kelly calls in to talk about his new book, The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison. Kelly exposes Morrison's approach to politics as a game that is his to win, and how the Australian people are the ultimate losers. Kelly's book is out now via Black Inc.And Sam Floreani, program lead at Digital Rights Watch phones in to break down Facebook's re-branding to the new company name 'Meta' and its interest in being a key architect in the evolution of  "The Metaverse” online. Floreani analyses what it is, and what's the tech giant's agenda behind this marketing move.

Doin Time
Privacy Laws Coronavirus, young First nations People And the Criminal Justice System

Doin Time

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021


Marisa interviewed Kieran Pender Senior lawyer, HumanRights Law Centre about how The Human Rights Law Centre and Digital Rights Watch have written to Federal, State, and territory health Ministers calling for stronger privacy protections in the technology being used to support home quarantine trials.Marisa then interviewed Cheryl Axleby, Narunga woman and Co-Chair, Change the Record: aboutAustralia's state and territory governments being urged to follow the lead of the ACT, after it released its roadmap to raising the age. Overincarceration of First Nations people was discussed, as well as the stolen Generation, and the need for young people and children to have communities, not prisons.

The National Security Podcast
Balancing acts: unpacking Australia's electronic surveillance law

The National Security Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 34:16


In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Lizzie O'Shea and Dominique Dalla-Pozza join Will Stoltz to discuss the state of electronic surveillance in Australia – with a focus on two new powerful pieces of legislation.Large parts of our lives are now conducted online, so naturally this domain has become an import source of intelligence and evidence for national security agencies. Parliament recently passed two important pieces of legislation that expand the powers of Australia's security agencies to spy digitally. What impact will these laws have on the average citizen? And how will they help security agencies do their jobs? In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Will Stoltz chats to Lizzie O'Shea and Dominique Dalla-Pozza about these new laws and what impact they might have.Lizzie O'Shea is a human rights lawyer specialising in public interest litigation. She is a founding member and Chair of Digital Rights Watch and the author of Future Histories.Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza is a senior lecturer at ANU College of Law working in the field of Australian public law. Her primary research deals with the Australian Parliament and the legislative process, especially the process by which Australian national security law is made.Dr William Stoltz is the Senior Adviser for Public Policy at ANU National Security College (NSC). He is responsible for mobilising the College's research and resident expertise to influence and inform current public policy debates.We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. The National Security Podcast and Policy Forum Pod are available on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Grapevine
Has Australia's hard border policy diminished human tracking?

The Grapevine

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 47:16


On this episode of The Grapevine, Dylan gets on the line with associate professor of history at Monash University, Julie Kalman, to talk about the book she co-authored, ‘Smuggled; an illegal history of Journeys to Australia'.Then, lawyer, activist, and chair of Digital Rights Watch, Lizzie O'Shea, calls in to discuss the News Media Bargaining Code in light of Facebook refusing to play ball with SBS & The Conversation in their recent negotiations over use of content on the social media platform.And as restrictions ease, what's happening with Melbourne's live music scene? Musician Clare Bowditch phones in to discuss her calls for better planning to get live music up and running once vaccination targets are met.

Uncommon Sense
Luke Henriques-Gomes on Disability, Inequality and Welfare Policy and Politics; Why You Should Give A F*ck About Farming; New National Surveillance Laws

Uncommon Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 120:11


Gabrielle Chan returns to talk about her new book, Why You Should Give A F*ck About Farming. Luke Henriques-Gomes, Social affairs & inequality editor at the Guardian, talks about inequality in Australia, including the Senate Inquiry into the Disability Support Pension, calls to bring back the coronavirus supplement payment, and the government's pursuit of alleged welfare debts. Lucie Krahulcova, Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, speaks about the new national surveillance laws, which have just passed Australia's federal parliament. They give security agencies unprecedented powers for online surveillance, data interception and the alteration of data.

Tuesday Breakfast
Sacred Heart Primary School, Renuga Inpakumar and Tamil Refugee Council, Stop the Robert Menzies Institute, Julie Kun the CEO of WIRE and Lucie Krahulcova of Digital Rights Watch

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021


HeadlinesDomestic Violence in police (VIC and NSW)Women's Safety Summit (ScoMo's hot take)Phuong speaks with teachers and students from Sacred Heart Primary School located around the corner from 3CR in Fitzroy. They spoke to me about their project with Storyscape where they wrote and produced two songs and accompanying video clips. The students spoke about the importance of their cultural identity and what it means to share this with others in the community. To view the music video, visit https://vimeo.com/565154488  Genevieve speaks with Renuga Inpakumar, a spokesperson and activist for the Tamil Refugee council. Renuga spoke to us about the current threat of deportation that thousands of Tamil refugees currently face in Australia and the struggles that many face in light of the COVID pandemic.Go to https://tamilrefugeecouncil.org.au/ to read more Also, please consider donating to https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-for-koneshwaran to support the Krishnapillai family We speak with Brianna and Brendon from Stop the Robert Menzies Institute at UniMelb, which is due to open in November. It is sponsored by right-wing and explicitly partisan think tanks and has been met with little consultation with students and staff. Please go to https://stopmenziesinstitute.wordpress.com/ to sign the Open Letter. Here's the Facebook page and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/NoMenziesInstitutehttps://twitter.com/StopMenzies And here's the event page for that debate against the Young Liberals:https://fb.me/e/2pcm2yyMf Kannagi Speaks with Julie Kun the CEO of WIRE. WIRE along with other community orgs is urgently urging for action at the 2021 Women's Safety Summit, which launched yesterday and goes till today, 7/9. Please visit https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-06/national-summit-virtual-domestic-violence-brittany-higgins/100435930 to read more  Evie speaks with Lucie Krahulcova, the Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch - Australia's premier digital rights and freedoms advocacy group. At the end of August the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 was passed by both houses without any significant changes after both an extended period of public comment. Go to https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/ to find out more SongsLet It Grow - Grades 5/6 from SLCFlourish (Sacred Heart Primary School)Double Double Culture - Grades 5/6 from SLCHope (Sacred Heart Primary School)Believe - Cher

Diffusion Science radio
The Right To Repair - part 1

Diffusion Science radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021


Guts repair brains by Ian Woolf, Samantha Floriani from Digital Rights Watch, and Erin Turner from Choice magazine discuss the Right To Repair - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Diffusion Science radio
The Right To Repair - part 2

Diffusion Science radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021


Pfizer and Astrazeneca similar clot risks? by Ian Woolf, Samantha Floriani from Digital Rights Watch, and Erin Turner from Choice magazine discuss the Right To Repair - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Digital Citizen
Understanding Your Digital Rights with Lucie Krahulcova

Digital Citizen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 37:26


Have you ever wondered if you have privacy rights online? As the digital world and the real world become more and more intertwined, the importance of protecting privacy continues to expand. Lucie Krahulcova, Executive Director at Digital Rights Watch, talks to Ricardo about privacy laws around the world and how to speak up to demand better digital privacy. Lucie says that the conversation around digital rights and human rights is more important than ever. In this episode, learn about privacy legislation around the globe. We'll also discuss corporate privacy issues, like how some companies model their business around collecting your personal information. But most importantly, we'll tell you what to do to reclaim your digital rights such as choosing products and services that put you first and protect you. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear Helen and Rik talk about the parts of the internet that they love the most and to hear Rik's takeaways. ▶️ Guest Interview - Lucie Krahulcova Follow @nomadiclucie on Twitter Follow @DRWaus on Twitter Visit: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au Join the campaign for digital rights cities: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/cities/

Diffusion Science radio
Census 2021 and privacy - part 2

Diffusion Science radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021


Fruit fights Parkinson's disease, Magnetic brains by Ian Woolf, Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch discusses privacy concerns with the Australian 2021 Census - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

Think Again
The Australian Government's increasing powers to spy on its people through digital technology

Think Again

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021


Jennifer interviews Lucie Krahulcova from Digital Rights Watch aboiut the Australian Government's increasing powers to surveil us, with minimal transparency and accountability. Australia compares badly with other jurisictions in the protection of human rights (such as the UK and even the US), and Lucie talks about the need for a Human Rights Charter or Bill of Rights. She urges us to contact key politicians and tell them not to expand digital surveillance powers and the serious encroachments on our human rights.

Diffusion Science radio
Census 2021 and privacy - part 1

Diffusion Science radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021


COVID19 causes cognitive deficits by Ian Woolf, Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch discusses privacy concerns with the Australian 2021 Census - part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution Support Diffusion by buying through affiliate links

The Grapevine
Is it in the public interest for Crown Casino to continue to operate in Victoria?

The Grapevine

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 44:59


On this episode of The Grapevine, is Crown Casino too big to fail? Kulja and Dylan get on the line with Associate Professor Charles Livingstone from the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University to discuss the most recent developments of the Crown Royal Commission. Then, as the 2021 Olympics kicks off, regular guest Associate Professor of urban planning at Melbourne University, Dave Nichols, calls in to discuss the impact of the Games on host cities and the incredibly expensive wastage of Olympic architecture once the Olympic villages and other temporary infrastructure falls into disuse.And Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, Lucie Krahulcova, calls in to break down the revelations around Pegasus Spyware, a malicious software being used by governments around the world to spy on journalists, activists, and private citizens. 

Tuesday Breakfast
RADIOTHON, Road to Refuge with Jeanine Hourani, digital privacy and feminism with Samantha Floreani

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021


Headlines $2.5m trial where pharmacists offer birth control counselling 'misrepresented'Christchurch attacks: producer resigns from film They Are Us as criticism End of Netanyahu eraRadiothon!Donate now - Phone: 9419 8377Text: 0488 809 855Online: Tuesday Breakfast GiveNow OR 3cr.org.au/donatePhuong speaks with Jeanine Hourani who is a Palestinian advocate, campaigner and educator who arried in Australia as a stateless Palestinian refugee in 1997. Jeanine is currently the Director of Road to Refuge, an organisation that aims to change the narrative around refugees and people seeking asylum by transferring the power of narrative back to those who are most directly impacted. Jeanine came on Tuesday Breakfast last month to talk to us about the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the ongoing fight to save Sheikh Jarrah. She came on today's show to talk about Refugee Week and upcoming events run by Road to Refuge.Evie speaks with Samantha Floreani, who is a digital rights activist currently working with Digital Rights Watch. She's written extensively about why digital privacy is a feminist issue. In light of a raft of bill proposals from the federal government seeking to overhaul the federal Privacy Act and introducing new measures that might potentially stifle free expression online under the guise of censorship, and multiple leaks of extremely sensitive personal information by police and federal agencies, there's no better time to examine the link between privacy and authority and what it means to us.Songs:U.N.I.TY - Queen LatifahIf you need to move on (sometimes) - Ladybug MeccaTabou-Roots Remix without Rap - Les Nubians

PM full episode
Police track targets on cracked app

PM full episode

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 30:00


The Prime Minister trumpets a big organised crime sting, we'll explain how the AFP and FBI got an app they could secretly access into the hands of alleged criminals; Scott Morrison is using the big bust to push the case for Australia's surveillance laws to go even further, we'll speak with Lucie Krahulcova from Digital Rights Watch who's sounding the alarm about online privacy; And homes are increasingly being sold in the days before an auction, we'll explain how that's further inflating prices and what buyers need to look out for.

PM
Police track targets on cracked app

PM

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 30:00


The Prime Minister trumpets a big organised crime sting, we'll explain how the AFP and FBI got an app they could secretly access into the hands of alleged criminals; Scott Morrison is using the big bust to push the case for Australia's surveillance laws to go even further, we'll speak with Lucie Krahulcova from Digital Rights Watch who's sounding the alarm about online privacy; And homes are increasingly being sold in the days before an auction, we'll explain how that's further inflating prices and what buyers need to look out for.

Earth Matters
The Online Safety Bill is a threat to activism

Earth Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021


What if the government stopped you from sharing videos of police violence? Or spied on your private communications? And did it in the name of keeping you safe?  These are some of the possible outcomes of the Federal government's proposed Online Safety Bill. The Bill would give broad and unchecked powers to the Australian eSafety Commissioner to censor the internet and further extend the government's ability to intercept our private communications.  Environmental activists and campaigns might not be mentioned by the government, but there is a history of politicians and police framing activism as a criminal threat. And there's nothing to stop them from using the Online Safety Bill to do just that.  And then later on the show, it's 150 years since the Paris Commune. What can those 19th century revolutionaries teach us about our digital world today?     Guest: Lizzie O'Shea (Digital Rights Watch).    Links:  'Explainer: The Online Safety Bill' Digital Rights Watch  'The Judgment of Paris: Facebook vs. the Communards' Lizzie O'Shea  '#HeyASIO: data retention and the threat to activism' Earth Matters October 2015     Earth Matters #1291 was produced by Teishan Ahearne.

The JUICE Media Podcast
We need to talk about the News Media Barganing Code | with Lizzie O'Shea

The JUICE Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 39:32


 This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the News Corp Bargaining Code - watch it here. You can also view this podcast on YouTube - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals and graphs to help you follow the story.You can follow Lizzie here: twitter.com/Lizzie_OSheaYou can find Digital Rights Watch here: digitalrightswatch.org.auSOURCES:Here's the legislation: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_...Lizzie's Overland article: "Facebook vs the media code: whoever wins, we lose" Also by Lizzie: "Australia's flawed push to make Big Tech pay for news"If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe and most importantly, recommend it to others! This podcast was produced thanks to our Patrons. If you'd like to help keep us going, you can support us on Patreon or via these other options.Follow us on Youtube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram 

Tuesday Breakfast
Facebook News Ban, Samantha Floreani and “why digital privacy is a feminist issue", Mac Zamani on 'Writing Themsevles in 4' and multi-discplinary artist Robert Joy Rich

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021


7.05 News Headlines - Family court abolishment, Brittany Higgins Sexual Assault and Facebook News Ban // 7.20 am - Lauren interviewed Samantha Floreani, Campaigns Officer at Digital Rights Watch, about her latest article: “why digital privacy is a feminist issue" // 7:45 am Genevieve interviewed Mac Zamani,  a trans 17 year old living in Melbourne. He is on the show to discuss his experience as a young trans person and also his involvement the recent national report 'Writing Themselves In 4' that was conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University //https://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/publications/writing-themselves-in-publications/writing-themselves-in-4 8:00 am Genevieve interviewed Roberta Joy Rich, a multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores concepts of identity and history, often referencing her own [diaspora] southern African identity and experiences, to re-frame and reclaim representations of African identity, community and their stories. They talk about Roberta's influences, developmental process and her work in the Cordite Poetry Review //http://cordite.org.au/artworks/roberta-joy-rich/  SongsAkosia - Speechless Cosha - Berlin AirBaby Rose - in your arms

Tech Won't Save Us
Australia’s Plan to Make Tech Pay for News w/ Lizzie O’Shea

Tech Won't Save Us

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 45:56


Paris Marx is joined by Lizzie O’Shea to discuss how Australia’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers entrenches a data-extractive business model and aligns the interests of tech giants and media companies against those of the public.Lizzie O’Shea is a human rights lawyer and the founder of Digital Rights Watch. She’s also the author of “Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology.” Follow Lizzie on Twitter as @Lizzie_OShea.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com.Also mentioned in this episode:Lizzie wrote about the problems with this plan for Overland Journal and Nikkei Asia.Paris wrote about why we shouldn’t link big tech and news giants for Tribune Magazine.Facebook restricted news sharing in Australia, while Google has signed deals with News Corp, Nine Entertainment, Seven West Media, and more for its News Showcase.Australia has among the most concentrated media ownership in the world. Former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull called for a royal commission on Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.Australia’s competition regulator released a digital platforms report with recommendations that included the bargaining code in 2019.Canada and the European Union may copy Australia’s model. French publishers are already getting paid by Google.Support the show (https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus)

Byte Into IT
Digital Rights Watch Annual Report and Linux Conference Swag Badge

Byte Into IT

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 48:21


Privacy and Technology Specialist, Samantha Foriani, and Electronic Frontiers Australia Board Member, Justin Warren, present the findings of the Digital Rights Watch annual report; FastMail chief of staff Nicola Nye, and Hacker at Large Andy Gelmy report on the brand new Linux Conference ‘Swag Badge’. With presenters Vanessa Toholka, Ro Murray & Dan Salmon. Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit

Done By Law
News Media Bargaining Code

Done By Law

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021


The Australian Government, headed up by the ACCC, has conducted an indepth inquiry into the digital platforms, and has come up with a proposed media bargaining code, which was revealed earlier this year. The Code has a number of aspects to it, but has drawn most attention for the way it proposes to force the platforms to pay Australian media companies and local content in their search and on their feeds. Suffice to say the digital platforms aren't happy.Google and Facebook have come out fighting against the Australian government's news media bargaining Code, and have accused the Code of potentially 'breaking' the internet, and threatened to remove their services.The showdown is the latest example of the immense power struggles being waged between State actors and the new world superpowers; big tech. How can and should the law be used to regulate online platforms, and is Australia's Code the best way of doing it?Gemma and Daniel discuss with academic and senior lecturer Dr Jake Goldenfein from University of Melbourne Law Scool and Lizzie O'Shea, a lawyer and writer of the book ‘Future Histories’. Lizzie is also a founding member of Digital Rights Watch.Show Notes/ Links:Digital Rights Watch made a submission to the Economics Legislation Committee on the proposed Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2020.  ACCC News Media Bargaining Code project page

Take on Board
What you need to know about collecting data and other digital tools with Lizzie O'Shea

Take on Board

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 27:32


Today on the Take on Board podcast Helga is speaking to Lizzie O’Shea about ethical uses of data and other digital tools.Lizzie is on the boards of Digital Rights Watch, Alliance for Gambling Reform, Blueprint for Free Speech and was previously on the board of National Justice ProjectShe is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. Lizzie’s commentary is featured regularly on national television programs and radio, usually talking about law, digital technology, corporate responsibility, or human rights. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, and Sydney Morning Herald, among others. Lizzie is also the author of Future Histories (Verso 2019).Contact Lizzie or find out more about her:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzieoshea/Resources Mentioned in this episode:https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/the-privacy-pledge/FOR MORE INFORMATION:Board Accelerator 2021: https://www.trybooking.com/BLWWY)Join the Take on Board community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/Follow along on Twitter: @TakeOnBoardFor more information about Helga Svendsen: https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/Interested in working with Helga? https://www.helgasvendsen.com.au/workwithmeTo contact Helga: helga@helgasvendsen.com.au

Byte Into IT
Collaborating with AI & Big Sur Privacy Issues

Byte Into IT

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 49:10


We explore how AI and ideas come together with Dave King, founder and CEO of machine intelligence company Move 37; and we speak to Lucie Krahulcova from Digital Rights Watch about the kerfuffle caused by the macOS Big Sur update. Hosted by Warren Davies, Ro Murray and Dan Salmon.Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit

New Books Network
Lizzie O’Shea, "Future Histories" (Verso, 2019)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 71:40


When we talk about technology we always talk about the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology (Verso), Lizzie O’Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and social movements with modern theories of the mind, society, and self, O’Shea constructs a “usable past” that help us determine our digital future. What, she asks, can the Paris Commune tell us about earlier experiments in sharing resources—like the Internet—in common? Can debates over digital access be guided by Tom Paine’s theories of democratic economic redistribution? And how is Elon Musk not a visionary but a throwback to Victorian-era utopians? In engaging, sparkling prose, O’Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. Future Histories is for all of us—makers, coders, hacktivists, Facebook-users, self-styled Luddites—who find ourselves in a brave new world. Lizzie O’Shea is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. She is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online, is a special advisor to the National Justice Project, and also sits on the board of Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, she worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she received a Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now. Dr Alexandra Ortolja-Baird is a visiting researcher at the British Museum and teaches Digital Humanities at University College London. Her research intersects intellectual history, digital humanities and cultural heritage studies. She can be reached at aortolja-baird@britishmuseum.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Technology
Lizzie O’Shea, "Future Histories" (Verso, 2019)

New Books in Technology

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 71:40


When we talk about technology we always talk about the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology (Verso), Lizzie O’Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and social movements with modern theories of the mind, society, and self, O’Shea constructs a “usable past” that help us determine our digital future. What, she asks, can the Paris Commune tell us about earlier experiments in sharing resources—like the Internet—in common? Can debates over digital access be guided by Tom Paine’s theories of democratic economic redistribution? And how is Elon Musk not a visionary but a throwback to Victorian-era utopians? In engaging, sparkling prose, O’Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. Future Histories is for all of us—makers, coders, hacktivists, Facebook-users, self-styled Luddites—who find ourselves in a brave new world. Lizzie O’Shea is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. She is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online, is a special advisor to the National Justice Project, and also sits on the board of Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, she worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she received a Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now. Dr Alexandra Ortolja-Baird is a visiting researcher at the British Museum and teaches Digital Humanities at University College London. Her research intersects intellectual history, digital humanities and cultural heritage studies. She can be reached at aortolja-baird@britishmuseum.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Communications
Lizzie O’Shea, "Future Histories" (Verso, 2019)

New Books in Communications

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 71:40


When we talk about technology we always talk about the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology (Verso), Lizzie O’Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and social movements with modern theories of the mind, society, and self, O’Shea constructs a “usable past” that help us determine our digital future. What, she asks, can the Paris Commune tell us about earlier experiments in sharing resources—like the Internet—in common? Can debates over digital access be guided by Tom Paine’s theories of democratic economic redistribution? And how is Elon Musk not a visionary but a throwback to Victorian-era utopians? In engaging, sparkling prose, O’Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. Future Histories is for all of us—makers, coders, hacktivists, Facebook-users, self-styled Luddites—who find ourselves in a brave new world. Lizzie O’Shea is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. She is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online, is a special advisor to the National Justice Project, and also sits on the board of Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, she worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she received a Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now. Dr Alexandra Ortolja-Baird is a visiting researcher at the British Museum and teaches Digital Humanities at University College London. Her research intersects intellectual history, digital humanities and cultural heritage studies. She can be reached at aortolja-baird@britishmuseum.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Critical Theory
Lizzie O’Shea, "Future Histories" (Verso, 2019)

New Books in Critical Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 71:40


When we talk about technology we always talk about the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology (Verso), Lizzie O’Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and social movements with modern theories of the mind, society, and self, O’Shea constructs a “usable past” that help us determine our digital future. What, she asks, can the Paris Commune tell us about earlier experiments in sharing resources—like the Internet—in common? Can debates over digital access be guided by Tom Paine’s theories of democratic economic redistribution? And how is Elon Musk not a visionary but a throwback to Victorian-era utopians? In engaging, sparkling prose, O’Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. Future Histories is for all of us—makers, coders, hacktivists, Facebook-users, self-styled Luddites—who find ourselves in a brave new world. Lizzie O’Shea is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. She is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online, is a special advisor to the National Justice Project, and also sits on the board of Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, she worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she received a Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now. Dr Alexandra Ortolja-Baird is a visiting researcher at the British Museum and teaches Digital Humanities at University College London. Her research intersects intellectual history, digital humanities and cultural heritage studies. She can be reached at aortolja-baird@britishmuseum.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
Lizzie O’Shea, "Future Histories" (Verso, 2019)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 71:40


When we talk about technology we always talk about the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology (Verso), Lizzie O’Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and social movements with modern theories of the mind, society, and self, O’Shea constructs a “usable past” that help us determine our digital future. What, she asks, can the Paris Commune tell us about earlier experiments in sharing resources—like the Internet—in common? Can debates over digital access be guided by Tom Paine’s theories of democratic economic redistribution? And how is Elon Musk not a visionary but a throwback to Victorian-era utopians? In engaging, sparkling prose, O’Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. Future Histories is for all of us—makers, coders, hacktivists, Facebook-users, self-styled Luddites—who find ourselves in a brave new world. Lizzie O’Shea is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. She is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online, is a special advisor to the National Justice Project, and also sits on the board of Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, she worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she received a Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now. Dr Alexandra Ortolja-Baird is a visiting researcher at the British Museum and teaches Digital Humanities at University College London. Her research intersects intellectual history, digital humanities and cultural heritage studies. She can be reached at aortolja-baird@britishmuseum.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Intellectual History
Lizzie O’Shea, "Future Histories" (Verso, 2019)

New Books in Intellectual History

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 71:40


When we talk about technology we always talk about the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology (Verso), Lizzie O’Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and social movements with modern theories of the mind, society, and self, O’Shea constructs a “usable past” that help us determine our digital future. What, she asks, can the Paris Commune tell us about earlier experiments in sharing resources—like the Internet—in common? Can debates over digital access be guided by Tom Paine’s theories of democratic economic redistribution? And how is Elon Musk not a visionary but a throwback to Victorian-era utopians? In engaging, sparkling prose, O’Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. Future Histories is for all of us—makers, coders, hacktivists, Facebook-users, self-styled Luddites—who find ourselves in a brave new world. Lizzie O’Shea is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. She is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online, is a special advisor to the National Justice Project, and also sits on the board of Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, she worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she received a Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now. Dr Alexandra Ortolja-Baird is a visiting researcher at the British Museum and teaches Digital Humanities at University College London. Her research intersects intellectual history, digital humanities and cultural heritage studies. She can be reached at aortolja-baird@britishmuseum.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JB For Breakfast on 92.9
JB For Breakfast Catch Up - Friday July 10

JB For Breakfast on 92.9

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 17:25


Miss JB For Breakfast this morning? JB caught up with Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch about TikTok - should we be concerned about privacy through the application, what we can all do to protect our privacy through apps and if she thought the Australian Government would ban the app. We also had a winner with Smash For Cash and we found out whats going on in our sister city of Tamworth Staffordshire with Letters From Tamworth. All that and more in this edition of the JB For Breakfast Catch Up!

JB For Breakfast on 92.9
JB Chats with Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch all about Tik Tok

JB For Breakfast on 92.9

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 8:39


Should we be concerned about our privacy when it comes to TikTok? How much different is the information it collects over other apps? What should we do to minimise our digital 'footprint' when it comes to applications? Whats the probability of the Australian Government banning Tik Tok? These were just some of the questions JB asked Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch this morning. If you missed it, relive this informative chat here.

RN Drive - Separate stories podcast
Tech Head: Trump's virtual border wall, flying cars and e-waste

RN Drive - Separate stories podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 7:07


Chair of Digital Rights Watch, Lizzie O'Shea talks to Zoe Daniel about the Trump Administration's plan to enlist a tech firm to build a virtual wall on the US border with Mexico.

Done By Law
COVIDSafe app & digital rights

Done By Law

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020


This evening we are joined by Samantha Floreani, Campaigns Officer at Digital Rights Watch to discuss the Australian government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app, released on 26 April. One month in and with just one instance of the app being used, there is need to reflect on the privacy concerns and human rights implications raised by the app’s operation. We will also be discussing more rights-focussed decentralised design alternatives. For more information, head to Digital Rights Watch's website: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2020/04/24/covid-19-trace-app/

Tech Won't Save Us
History Shows Radical Futures Are Possible w/ Lizzie O'Shea

Tech Won't Save Us

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 45:03


Paris Marx is joined by Lizzie O’Shea to discuss how learning about history can empower us to imagine more radical futures, how COVID-19 could create the opportunity to demand a better world, and how the praise for essential workers could help us rethink our ideas about work and the economy.Lizzie O’Shea is the author of “Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology.” She is also the founder and chair of Digital Rights Watch. She recently wrote about how there is no such thing as unskilled labor for The Baffler. Follow Lizzie on Twitter as @Lizzie_OShea.The photo of the Paris Commune mentioned in the episode can be found here.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.Support the show (https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus)

Thrivve Podcast
#8: Determining our Digital Future in the Age of AI and in the Midst of COVID-19

Thrivve Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 41:06


"We have a real opportunity at this turning point of the digital revolution to make sure that we remember alternatives are possible" — Lizzie O'Shea In today's episode, we discussed how different technologies are impacting us and how we can navigate these challenges in the age of AI. Lizzie discussed some of the technologies deployed to fight and manage COVID-19 and how we can use this challenging time to determine our digital future. Lizzie is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. Her commentary is featured regularly on national television programs and radio, where she talks about law, digital technology, corporate responsibility, and human rights. In print, her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, and Sydney Morning Herald, among others. Lizzie is a founder and board member of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online. She also sits on the board of the National Justice Project, Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, Lizzie worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she was a recipient of the Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now. As a lawyer, Lizzie has spent many years working in public interest litigation, on cases brought on behalf of refugees and activists, among others. I was proud to represent the Fertility Control Clinic in their battle to stop harassment of their staff and patients, as well as the Traditional Owners of Muckaty Station, in their successful attempt to stop a nuclear waste dump being built on their land. Lizzie’s book, Future Histories looks at radical social movements and theories from history and applies them to debates we have about digital technology today. It has been shortlisted for the Premier’s Literary Award. When we talk about technology we always talk about the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories, Lizzie O’Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and social movements with modern theories of the mind, society, and self, O’Shea constructs a “usable past” that help us determine our digital future.

Communication Mixdown
Covid-19 digital tracing app - steady creep of a surveillance state

Communication Mixdown

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020


The roll out of the coronavirus contact tracing app, we are told by government, is necessary to prevent the spread of the virus and a prerequisite for the lifting of lockdown restrictions. But the deployment of such a digital technology stands along side a whole suite of laws and powers in Australia - put in place since the 9/11 attacks - that encroach on human rights and the workings of democracy. Tim Singleton Norton from Digital Rights Watch explains.

AI Australia
Digital Rights in the Age of AI

AI Australia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 50:05


In today’s episode, Lizzie O’Shea discusses the great power of data and AI — and how we can use them to empower people rather than oppress them. She’ll discuss which technologies should be off-limits, compares data policies around the world, and proposes a code of ethics for engineers building these influential technologies. Lizzie probes who holds the power of AI and data and who should be responsible for ethics in this realm — corporations or the government — and who is better equipped to do so. Lizzie raises important questions about privacy concerns in our digital lives and even poses the question — do machines already rule the world?About Lizzie O’Shea:  Lizzie is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. Her commentary is featured regularly on national television programs and radio, where she talks about law, digital technology, corporate responsibility, and human rights. In print, her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, and Sydney Morning Herald, among others.  Lizzie is a founder and board member of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online. She also sits on the board of the National Justice Project, Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, Lizzie worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she was a recipient of the Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, she was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now.  As a lawyer, Lizzie has spent many years working in public interest litigation, on cases brought on behalf of refugees and activists, among others. I was proud to represent the Fertility Control Clinic in their battle to stop harassment of their staff and patients, as well as the Traditional Owners of Muckaty Station, in their successful attempt to stop a nuclear waste dump being built on their land.  Lizzie’s book, Future Histories looks at radical social movements and theories from history and applies them to debates we have about digital technology today. It has been shortlisted for the Premier’s Literary Award.  In this episode we cover the following topics: 4:00 How does the modern day compare to times in decades past as it pertains to rights—is technology a force for good? How can we take back the power of technology to benefit humanity?  8:00 How can we manage AI and digital technology in a more intentional way? How are automated processes already determining the course of many people’s lives? Lizzie explains how the future when machines takeover is, in many ways, already here. Should technology be regulated in order to help solve problems, and what problems have already occurred? 16:00 Lizzie discusses the state of regulation across the world, including GDPR and New York’s data fiduciary law. Should we move beyond contractual ideas of privacy?  18:00 Lizzie explains her stance on facial recognition. Should facial recognition be limited in the same way as chemical warfare—a line that is not to be crossed? How can facial recognition technology be oppressive, and what can you do to protect yourself?  22:00 Is the social credit system in China far-fetched in the West? Lizzie discusses the modern surveillance state.  26:00 How does technology mirror power structures in the analog world? Lizzie discusses predictive policing technology and the biases that exist within it.  31:00 Should we create a code of ethics for engineers developing these technologies? What practical things could an engineer do if a project’s implications make them uncomfortable? 38:00 Lizzie discusses the influence of large companies, social media, and why some issues they face are better suited to politics than corporations.  46:00 We converge to talk about the politics behind data and AI, the need to educate our regulators, and speak with our younger generations who will one day create the rules surrounding the tech that rules the world. 

Byte Into IT
Byte Into IT - 12 February 2020

Byte Into IT

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 44:07


This week behind the desk is Warren, Dan and Maize. Guests include Sam de Silva from Digital Rights Watch, a not-for-profit that empowers Australians to protect their online data and privacy. The crew also discuss Pause Fest and their recent event celebrating their 10th birthday.

4BC Drive with Mark Braybrook
ACCC puts loyalty programs on notice

4BC Drive with Mark Braybrook

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 10:47


Australia’s consumer watchdog has put the operators of the country’s large customer loyalty schemes on notice after handing down a damning report into the way they conduct business. Almost nine in ten Australian adults are members of loyalty schemes and the average person has at least four. The ACCC has raised red flags about whether consumers are actually getting the benefits advertised, and how the companies are dealing with members personal information. They are concerns shared by Lizzie O’Shea from Digital Rights Watch.

Uncommon Sense
Uncommon Sense - 19 February 2019

Uncommon Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 105:59


New Zealand politician, economist and feminist legend Marilyn Waring talks about the limits of GDP as a useful economic measure in her latest book,Still Counting: Wellbeing, Womens Work and Policy-making.Tim Norton, Chair of Digital Rights Watch, talks about Australia's controversial encryption legislation and cybersecurity breaches at Parliament. Plus Ben Eltham on federal politics.

Tuesday Breakfast
A Very Queerspace Christmas, Justice for Aunty Tanya Day, anti-encryption laws, and parenting with a disability

Tuesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018


Tuesday Breakfast 11 December 2018 7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country 7.02 am  News Headlines 7.15 am Karen Field, CEO of Drummond Street and Queerspace, joined us discuss the impact of the holiday season for some members of the LGBTIQA+ community, and an event organised by Drummond St and Queerspace to address the issue 7.30 am As part of 3CR's Disability Day broadcasts, Nicole Smith, Jax Jacki Brown, and Elvira Tarrant spoke about parenting with a disability, how to navigate stereotypes ad medical models of disability and what supports and resources are available - Part 1 of 2. 7.40 am As part of 3CR's Disability Day broadcasts, Nicole Smith, Jax Jacki Brown, and Elvira Tarrant spoke about parenting with a disability, how to navigate stereotypes ad medical models of disability and what supports and resources are available - Part 2 of 2. 8.00 am Lizzie O'Shea, Lawyer and Writer, and board member of Digital Rights Watch and the National Justice Project, joins us to discuss the new anti-encryption laws that were rushed through the final sitting day of Parliament in 2018. 8.10 am Patrick Warner , Principal solicitor, Civil Law at Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, discusses the coronial inquest into Tanya Day's death 8.30 am EndSongs song:  Everybody here wants youartist:   Kylie Auldist  song:  Oya Oya Oyaartist:  Mim Suleiman   song: Moonshoesartist:  Ravyn Lenae  

Perth Indymedia
Spy vs citizen: Lizzie O'Shea on the federal government's proposed anti-encryption powers

Perth Indymedia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 13:33


Lizzie O'Shea is a human rights lawyer, author, board member of Digital Rights Watch, and newly appointed spokesperson for the Alliance for a Safe and Secure Internet. The Alliance has been formed in response to proposed anti-encryption legislation being put before the federal parliament. If its passage through the parliament isn’t thwarted by campaigning efforts, the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 may well come in to law before the end of this year. Lizzie spoke to Alex Whisson late last week and began by explaining why anyone concerned about online privacy, and digital rights more broadly, should be opposed to the bill.

Thursday Breakfast
Indigenous Women's Day, Facial Recognition Surveillance,Transphobia: Germaine Greer Action, Pacific Islands Forum, Poison Papers Project

Thursday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018


3CR Breakfast 6 September 2018with Em and ScheherazadeAcknowledgement of CountryYesterday was Indigenous Women's Day so we dedicated the first half hour to Indigenous women in song.Facial Recognition Surveillance Scheme: Lizzie O'Shea is a human rights lawyer and board member of Digital Rights Watch. She has a book being published next year on technology, history and politics. a board member at Digital Rights Watch. She joins us today to discuss the risks of the government's proposed facial recognition surveillance scheme (including racial profiling, targeting young people and jeopardising rights of protest.)Germaine Greer action tonite: Iris Lee (3CR's Queering The Air) is a white trans femme living on Bunurong and Wurundjeri country, joining us to talk about an action tonight protesting the launch on Germaine Greer's new book, On Rape, in Melbourne tonight.Pacific Islands Forum: Ronny Kareni is a West Papuan advocate on West Papua's right to self-determination. His family are part of large exodus of Papuan refugees to PNG in early 1980s. Until today, many West Papuans refugees live on Manus. Ronny joins us today to discuss the Pacific Islands Forum that has been underway this week. (Ronny is a regualr commentator on 3CR's Voice of West Papua and a previous 3CR Current Affairs Coordinator:))Anti GMO: Jonathon R Latham is co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project and the Editor of Independent Science News. Dr Latham is also the Director of the Poison Papers project which publicises documents of the chemical industry and its regulators. Dr. Latham holds a Masters degree in Crop Genetics and a PhD in Virology. He has published scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, plant virology, genetics and genetic engineering.During the program we played the following SONGS (not included in podcast due to licensing agreement)  Wave by Kaylah Truth - Wave feat. Nagra Beats Kaylah Truth is a Meerooni woman and hiphop artist of the Gurang nation and also connected with the Ngugi people of Queensland’s Quandamooka areaStill Here by JB the First Lady is an Indigenous hip-hop and spoken word artist, emcee, beat-boxer, activist, cultural dancer, and youth educator from the Nuxalk and Onondaga nations.Agua by Lido Pimienta, a Colombian singer and producer based in Toronto An Anthem to water Native (Feat. Supaman) by Mariame, Cree (First Nations) artistTamazight by Malika Zarra, Gnawa/Moroccan Jazz fusion artist

The Grapevine
The Grapevine - 13 August 2018

The Grapevine

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 46:05


This week Kulja and Dylan speak with Dr. James Driscoll from Monash university about how the eruption of an Indonesian volcano led Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein.Then, Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch comes on the show to talk about the NBN and the lottery of fiber-to-the-home connections.Finally, Giles Parkinson from Renew Economy comes on the show to talk about political reform with climate change.

Monday Breakfast
Indigenous Water Rights; The Legal Ramifications of Treaty; Dissecting white, cis, ableist Feminism; Fed Square and the Dodgy Mayor.

Monday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2018


On this Monday July 9th7:05am - Alternative News – Reviewing the digraceful, unrepentant behaviour of Senator David Leyonhjelm.7:15am – Tim Singleton Norton from Digital Rights Watch on new Federal Encryption Legislation and the continued impingement on our privacy under the guise of security. 7:35am – Anna Spargo Ryan on her Meanjin article A Formal Inequality  - exploring why after year's of legislative change women are still sexually harassed and violently assaulted. 7:50am - Over The Wall speaks to Tenant's Union Vic's Mark O'Brien about new legislation and no-cause evictions.8:00am – Brett De Hoet from Our City Our Square on the new Lord Mayor's dodgy campaign donations and the need to fight the plan for an Apple super store in the public forum of Federation Square. 8:15am - Dr Virginia Marshall, indigenous lawyer and academic joins us to celebrate NAIDOC week and discuss indigenous water rights and the legal ramifactions of Treaty. 

The Grapevine
The Grapevine - 9 April 2018

The Grapevine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2018 59:23


This week Kulja and Dylan speak with Tim Norton from Digital Rights Watch about the recent Facebook data breach.Then, musician Kim Salmon comes on the show to talk about an upcoming benefit for fellow musician, Brian Hooper.Finally, climate scientist and writer, Dr. Joelle Gergis, comes on the show to talk about her new book The Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia

Monday Breakfast
It's 6 Eyes If You Include Facebook

Monday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2018


I'm trying a new approach to podcasts: here's the whole show! Monday Breakfast is 3CR Community Radio's Monday current affairs and news program, hosted by James, Jackson and me, Will!7:00am – Acknowledgement of Country7:05am – Alternative News: A weekly roundup of the news and views that mainstream media outlets are (and aren't) bringing you 7:15am – Creepy, creepy creeps: Tim Singleton Norton is the chair of Digital Rights Watch and comes on Monday Breakfast to talk about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. We find out what this means for Facebook users and how this fits into broader security issues of Government policies such as those carried out at Pine Gap and other Five Eyes nations7:40am  –  Banking Misconduct: Katherine Temple of the Consumer Action Law Centre keeps us up to date on the banking and financial services Royal Commission. The Royal Commission has just wrapped up a fortnight of hearings and will resume on the 16th of April7:50am – Over The Wall: A weekly look at news and current affairs in the social safety net space. This week, Over the Wall talks to Josh Cullinan who looks at how companies like Woolworths are no longer required to publish wage rates.8:00am – False Claims of Colonial Thieves: Magabala Books has come out with a collection of poetry by writers Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. Charmaine comes on the show to tell us about False Claims of Colonial Thieves, a reflection on the insidious forces of mining, the church, and indigenous erasure, as well as a celebration of the survival of the Yamaji nation on their barna in Western Australia8:15am – The M Word: 'Marxist' has been used as a dirty word by rightwing media outlets, but we know there's nothing to be scared of. In fact, the Marxism Conference is coming up (starting Thursday) and we're pretty excited! Ward comes on the show to tell us about it and how you can still get your ticketsFollow the hosts on Twitter to get a heads up on future shows! Will: @william_illyam, Jackson: @JackM3cr, James: @JamesBrennan23

Diffusion Science radio
Face recognition and civil rights

Diffusion Science radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2017


Australian Government will target asylum seekers from space, Driver's license database plundered for face recognition surveillance. Tim Norton from Digital Rights Watch talks about the new face recognition capability of the Australian Government. Rynos Theme by Kevin MacLeod Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Support Diffusion by making a contribution btc: 1AEnJC8r9apyXb2N31P1ScYJZUhqkYWdU2 eth: 0x45d2cd591ff7865af248a09dc908aec261168395

Communication Mixdown
Every breathe you take, every move you make: meta data retention laws and the surveillance society

Communication Mixdown

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2017


Who’s watching you? And what are they doing with what they’re seeing… and hearing?Last month the Abbott/Turnbull government metadata retention laws kicked in. The implications for us as citizens, in what we like to think of, as a democracy, are massive, and disturbing. Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch explains exactly what’s at stake when we go online or use our mobile phones.