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Greens on tech and digital rights

The Greens will focus on improving the digital rights of Australians and rolling back the “heinous” legislation recently passed in the next Parliament, according to the party’s tech spokesperson....

Gov’t social media plan a mess

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s further crackdown on social media companies and their users is another “knee-jerk reaction” that will not address the actual problems in the space, according to the Greens...

Encryption bill ready for House

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The federal government’s controversial anti-encryption bill has been given the green light to be introduced to Parliament just a week after the submissions deadline for its consultation period closed,...

Anti-encryption bill is ‘overreach’

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The controversial government plan to force tech companies to help law enforcement access the encrypted messages of customers is a “huge overreach” that will undermine encryption as a whole,...

Facial recognition a political problem

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The federal opposition and Greens have backed a call from tech giant Microsoft for governments around the world to regulate the use of facial recognition technology. Microsoft president Brad...

Senate looks into ‘loot boxes’

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A senate inquiry has been launched into “loot boxes” in video games, with the potential for the controversial mechanisms to be regulated or completely banned. The motion to refer...

Report: ‘Litany of failures’

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There has been a “litany of failures largely unprecedented in scale” in the federal government’s digital transformation efforts, with a need for major structural changes and long-term whole-of-government approaches,...

An encryption bill with holes in it

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The Federal government’s assertions that its new encryption-cracking legislation won’t create a backdoor in encrypted communications is “ludicrous” according to digital rights experts. The Coalition is expected to finally...

Senate seeks new GDPR regime

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The Senate has passed a Greens motion calling on the government to bring Australia’s “woefully inadequate” privacy laws into line with Europe’s incoming GDPR rules. The motion was moved...

Encryption gets a Senate nod

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A motion calling on government to support strong encryption and resist any attempts to undermine this process has been passed by the Senate. Moved by the Greens and supported...