Sep 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Watching the family from Biloela as they have tried to avoid deportation to Sri Lanka, many people around the country have also gained an insight into the political economy of border security. Activists have turned their attention on contractor Skytraders, who flew...
Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was interviewed for Melbourne University’s podcast about Future Histories – you can find it here https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=420822 In her new book Future Histories, author and lawyer Lizzie O’Shea asks what historical social experiments like...
Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the most memorable characters in the television series Silicon Valley is Gavin Belson, the slick and ruthless CEO of Hooli, a Google-like company. In one of his many pep talks to staff, Belson declares: ‘I don’t know about you people, but I don’t want to live...
Jul 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
After being released internationally a few weeks ago, my new book, Future Histories, goes on sale in Australian bookstores today! Scott Ludlam had the following kind things to say about it: “There has never been a better time to pull the politics of platform...
Jun 20, 2019 | Events, Featured
IILAH together with the Digital Citizen’s Network is hosting a public seminar where I will talk about Future Histories on 11 July 2019 at 6pm . To register please click here. Your registration will help track attendance and optimise the venue space. An adapted...
Jun 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was honoured to be named as a Human Rights Hero by Access Now and received the award from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. See https://www.accessnow.org/heroes-villains-awards/ This is an edited version of my acceptance speech. I also...
May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
The rhetoric at Facebook—the largest social media platform in the world—is changing. In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg claimed that privacy was no longer a “social norm.” Today, the same man is asserting that “the future is private.” This was the buzz phrase at the company’s...
May 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
When you see an ad for online gambling, it is never a matter of chance. Take, for example, the story of Sportsbet, an Australian company owned by the global gambling-industry behemoth Paddy Power. A recent investigation found that the company spent hundreds of...
May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the late spring of 1972, Lily Gray was driving her new Ford Pinto on a freeway in Los Angeles, and her thirteen-year-old neighbor, Richard Grimshaw, was in the passenger seat. The car stalled and was struck from behind at around 30 mph. The Pinto burst into flames,...
May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Climate activist Greta Thunberg recently declared that her generation’s future had been ‘stolen’ so that ‘a small number of people could make unimaginable amounts of money.’ Rather than acting on the impending reality of climate...
May 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
The rhetoric at Facebook – the most significant social media platform in the world – is changing. In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg claimed that privacy was no longer a ‘social norm.’ Today, the same man is now spruiking the line that ‘the future...
May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today, my book Future Histories is published internationally by Verso. I would love to know what you think! 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, I argue that we need to...
May 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Women’s reproductive rights have been ill-served by top-down politics. The campaign to repeal the eighth should inspire us all No matter what happens in Ireland’s abortion referendum on Friday, the campaign should serve as an inspiration. For too long, women in...
Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
I look at my algorithm-generated ‘Recommendations for Lizzie’, and I don’t like that person – or the control involved in the process Each time I scroll down to Netflix’s “Recommendations for Lizzie” feed, my heart sinks in shame. Like a house of black mirrors from a...
