Australian lawyer dubbed ‘human rights hero’
Human rights lawyer Lizzie O'Shea has received an international award recognising her efforts to oppose Australia’s controversial encryption legislation.
Human rights lawyer Lizzie O'Shea has received an international award recognising her efforts to oppose Australia’s controversial encryption legislation.
Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith paints a bleak picture of a future where facial recognition technology has been rolled out without restriction.
Dr Jai Galliott – an academic at UNSW Canberra – used to be against fully autonomous weapons, an emerging class of military technology that leverages artificial intelligence to select and shoot enemies.
For the first time, the University of Sydney hired a security guard to man the door at a public lecture this week, given by the director of digital espionage research centre Citizen Lab, Ron Deibert.
Some of the technology that has become available in the last few years, in the words of Blind Citizens Australia chief Emma Bennison “really does spell liberation”.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has unveiled a three-year project that will examine the social impact of new and emerging technologies.
Attorney-General George Brandis has received a ‘Villain of Human Rights and Communications Surveillance’ award by digital rights advocacy group Access Now.
Affordable Internet access around the world should be a basic human right as it is essential for freedom of expression and economic opportunity, according to the results of a global survey released by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
Kill the mandatory data retention policy, Greens leader Scott Ludlam has urged.
The Indigenous Human Rights Network Australia (IHRNA) has opted for the open source content management system, Joomla, for its new website.