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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.
How we fight the border industrial complex
Borders are not just political and economic: they are ideological
Digital Privacy Is a Class Issue
As corporations mine data and monetize the web, the divide between rich and poor on the Internet grows wider.
Technology Is as Biased as Its Makers
From exploding Ford Pintos to racist algorithms, all harmful technologies are a product of unethical design. Yet, like car companies in the ’70s, today’s tech companies would rather blame the user.
Australia Wants to Take Government Surveillance to the Next Level
A new bill will help its intelligence agencies circumvent encryption. And what starts Down Under won’t necessarily stay there.
Ireland’s abortion referendum is revolutionary politics, whoever wins
Women’s reproductive rights have been ill-served by top-down politics. The campaign to repeal the eighth should inspire us all
What kind of a person does Netflix favourites think I am?
I look at my algorithm-generated ‘Recommendations for Lizzie’, and I don’t like that person – or the control involved in the process
Time to cut ties with the digital oligarchs and rewire the web
The Facebook scandal shows that the rules of the internet need to be written by ordinary people, not corporations
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