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Donāt like the proposed social media minimum age?? Submissions opened today and close tomorrow, get on it fam.
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On 21 November 2024, the Senate referred the provisions of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for report by 26 November 2024. The closing date for submissions is 22 November 2024. 
Another rushed public consultation from the Australian Government on Doxxing & Privacy Reforms closing on the 28th of March 2024.
https://consultations.ag.gov.au/integrity/doxxing-and-privacy-reforms/
Today we delivered an open letter to the Attorney General from 800+ individuals and 22 organisations across privacy, public health and children's rights.
It calls for robust privacy reform to better protect children (and everyone!) from harmful data practices. Read more here:
https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2024/02/09/parents-privacy-reform-open-letter
A group of privacy, public health and children's rights organisations delivered an open letter to Australia's Attorney General calling for bold privacy reform.
London Underground is testing real-time AI surveillance tools to spot crime
Computer vision system tried to detect crime, weapons, people falling, and fare dodgers.
Meta is downranking/hiding political content on Threads. The company says Threads will ānot recommend any content/accounts that post about politics.ā
Hereās the issue: what counts as āpoliticsā is often any news abt people who have had their whole existence politicized, such as news about Black people, LGBTQ people, disabled ppl, women, etc. Climate scientists, public health experts etc also considered āpoliticalā https://www.axios.com/2024/02/09/meta-political-content-moderation-threads
Canada Moves to Ban the Flipper Zero Over Car Hacking Fears
Remember:
(a) itās never the vulnerabilities of extant systems
(b) itās never the prevalence of criminals
https://gizmodo.com/canada-moves-to-ban-the-flipper-zero-over-car-hacking-f-1851242790
Today: a public hearing for the senate inquiry into the Digital ID bill. Our Chair Lizzie O'Shea will be appearing at 10am.
You can tune into the hearing via the livestream here: https://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/Watch_Read_Listen
The U.S. Congressā top anti-porn crusader, Utah Senator Mike Lee, introduced a bill last week that would effectively outlaw all sex work in the nation, including consensual adult performances, by considering any consent given due to a personās economic circumstances as ācoercive.ā
The U.S. Congressā top anti-porn crusader, Utah Senator Mike Lee, introduced a bill last week that would effectively outlaw all sex work in the nation, including consensual adult performances, by considering any consent given due to a personās economic circumstances as ācoercive.ā
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