Eliza Sorensen

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local smut peddler, snarky antagonist, koori, disabled, queer, tech policy and recovering sysadmin.
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Don’t like the proposed social media minimum age?? Submissions opened today and close tomorrow, get on it fam.

Please boost šŸ™šŸ»

#AusPol #ageVerification #SocialMediaMinimumAge

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/SocialMediaMinimumAge

Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 [Provisions]

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.&nbsp

I'm doing a mental health first aid course, and through one of the videos a man complains about having 'the sex drive of a lump of stale bread' and now I'm wondering about the sex life of gluten.

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/

Public Consultation on Doxxing and Privacy Reforms - Attorney-General's Department - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by Attorney General's Department

I’ve stopped shopping at Coles due to this kind of behavior. They’re dead to me now. https://theconversation.com/solving-the-supermarket-why-coles-just-hired-us-defence-contractor-palantir-222883
Solving the supermarket: why Coles just hired US defence contractor Palantir

Coles plans to ā€˜optimise its workforce’ with big data and AI tools from a controversial tech company.

The Conversation

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

Public health, children’s rights and privacy organisations deliver open letter to Attorney General calling for bold privacy reform  - Digital Rights Watch

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.

Digital Rights Watch

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.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/london-underground-is-testing-real-time-ai-surveillance-tools-to-spot-crime/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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.

Ars Technica

Meta is downranking/hiding political content on Threads. The company says Threads will ā€œnot recommend any content/accounts that post about politics.ā€

Here’s the issue: what counts as ā€œpoliticsā€ 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 ā€œpoliticalā€ https://www.axios.com/2024/02/09/meta-political-content-moderation-threads

First look: Meta won't recommend political content on Threads

Meta is laying out the details of its policy.

Axios

Canada Moves to Ban the Flipper Zero Over Car Hacking Fears

Remember:

(a) it’s never the vulnerabilities of extant systems

(b) it’s never the prevalence of criminals

https://gizmodo.com/canada-moves-to-ban-the-flipper-zero-over-car-hacking-f-1851242790

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109135

#canada #censorship #regulation #regulatoryHeadcanon

Canada Moves to Ban the Flipper Zero Over Car Hacking Fears

The tiny hacking device has been viewed as a threat by law enforcement. Now it looks like a major western government is trying to ban it.

Gizmodo

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

Watch, Read, Listen

Subscribe to our channel at @AUSParliamentLive to view the streams or listen to our podcast summaries of Question Time! LIVE STREAMING PARLVIEW VOD PODCASTING

The U.S. Congress’ 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 person’s economic circumstances as ā€œcoercive.ā€

https://www.xbiz.com/news/279633/republican-introduces-bill-to-effectively-outlaw-all-sex-work-in-the-u-s-as-coercive

#Censorship #law #Politics

Republican Introduces Bill to Effectively Outlaw All Sex Work in the U.S. as 'Coercive'

The U.S. Congress’ 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 person’s economic circumstances as ā€œcoercive.ā€

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