The key measures in the Australian Human Rights Commission 'Human Rights and Technology' report released Thursday are strongly endorsed by the Australian.
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A new report by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology calls for a rethink of the role of the national broadcaster to provide alternate digital spaces to Facebook and other global platforms.
The paper The Public Square Project proposes a publicly funded social network built on the trust and reach of the ABC to create:
communities around existing content rather than outsourcing this to Facebook.
hubs for community-generated content as an alternative to Facebook Groups
opportunities for two -way citizen engagement with all levels of government.
The platform would evolve over time to become a civic online platform where registered users are served by public interest technologists and community managers to engage in a safe and civil way.
Australian court rules Google misled mobile users about how it gathered their location data
Google is considering an appeal of the ruling. By Press Association Friday 16 Apr 2021, 9:06 AM 1 hour ago 2,827 Views 0 Comments
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A JUDGE HAS ruled that Google broke Australian law by misleading users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices.
The Federal Court decision was a partial win for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the nation’s fair trade watchdog, which has been prosecuting Google for broader alleged breaches of consumer law since October 2019.
Justice Thomas Thawley found that Google misled Android mobile device users about personal location data collected between January 2017 and December 2018.
Review of tech disinformation code promised after Mayfair 101 scandal
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Big Techâs voluntary disinformation code will be âcarefully reviewedâ come June, after the Mayfair 101 scandal raised serious concerns about the role Googleâs advertising technology plays in misleading the public, according to the Morrison government.
The voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation, which is managed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, would also be reviewed, a government spokesperson said, in light of testimony given by Facebook, Google parent Alphabet and Twitter executives in the US last month, when Facebook called for reforms of how tech companies are held liable for misinformation and other harmful content on their platforms.