Debate about the workability of age verification technologies is a “trap” helping social media giants slow meaningful regulatory efforts, advocates are warning, as the federal government pours millions of...
A coalition of privacy organisations, think tanks and industry groups are calling for the creation of a dedicated parliamentary committee to give “political focus” to digital rights issues in...
Legislation allowing the Victorian government to create a centralised health database with no ability for citizens to opt-out has sailed through the lower house despite privacy advocates labelling the...
Now is the time to “stake a claim” and fight back against the growing use of facial recognition technology by Australian governments and law enforcement, a number of digital...
Ada Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord Byron and collaborator with mechanical computer pioneer Charles Babbage, is credited with being the world’s first computer programmer. Lawyer and writer Lizzie...
The recent independent national security monitor’s report on Australia’s anti-encryption powers and the ongoing parliamentary inquiry should be a “significant turning point” for the highly controversial legislation, Digital Rights...
The Australian government still plans to create a national biometrics database allowing authorities to conduct facial recognition matches, despite increasing worldwide scrutiny on the ethical implications and effectiveness of...
The code for the COVID-19 contact tracing app national database and algorithm used to sort through contacts needs to be made public so its security can be fully and...
The Opposition has not been consulted at all on the federal government’s plans for developing a COVID-19 contact tracing app, amid concerns it will “fail” unless privacy and protections...
The federal government is yet to respond to a series of transparency and data security issues surrounding its official COVID-19 information app that have been raised by a number...