Writing
Vaccine passports are catnip for Big Tech
Digital certificates must be carefully scrutinized to avoid mission creep
Alternative Futures of the Paris Commune
Wednesday, 17 March, 2021. Reflection on the revolutionary vision of the Communards, 150 years after the establishment of the Paris Commune.
‘Promising Young Woman’ and the causes of women’s rage
Sunday, 14 March, 2021. Spoiler alert! Watch the movie before reading.
Rape allegations reveal Australia’s toxic political culture
Sunday, March 13, 2021. More than 40 women's protest marches are planned nationwide.
The Judgment of Paris – Facebook VS the Communards
March 2021. For a modern web platform to take down art on account of indecency is to replicate the behavior of those stuffy gatekeepers at the Salon of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Facebook VS the media code: whoever wins, we lose
Thursday, 18 February, 2021. Facebook has followed through on its promise, banning news content on its platform.
The trouble with the media bargaining code
Sunday, 14 December, 2020. The proposed news media bargaining code tabled last week has been praised but it's also deeply flawed.
Big Tech and COVID-19 are fueling networked authoritarianism
As borders in the digital century have become more dependent on bytes and servers than bricks and mortar, this phenomenon is both in plain sight and invisible.
Failed COVID-19 tracing apps must be abandoned to restore public trust
These apps are beginning to look like thinly veiled attempts to implant a culture of surveillance under the cover of protecting public safety.
The secret misfortune of the lucky country
Can we disorganise gambling misery through the development of social bonds?
Automated threats of a digital dystopia are closer than you think
Those affected by artificial intelligence are not objects to be tested on, but as subjects with dignity, agency and experience that can inform inclusive and empowering design
Now’s the Chance for Australia to Get Over Coal and Gas
The government’s response to the bushfires ravaging Australia has been woeful but not surprising. A transition away from the country’s reliance on fossil fuels is needed more than ever, and even Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his cronies will have to get on board.
It’s Time to Throw Off Our Digital Chains
As data-mining companies and government decision-making edge ever closer, it is not just our digital privacy that’s at risk, but our very capacity to organize in solidarity.