The Weekly Cybers #84
The social media age assurance tech trial delivered mixed results at best, robodebt victims to get another $475 million compensation, FoI restrictions to be tightened, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #83
Employees surveilled at home claim unfair dismissal, Senate to investigate search engine safety, telco intercept laws to be tweaked, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #82
Mumbling and grumblings about social media age restrictions because “It’s not a ban, it’s a delay”, Minister Ayers and the Productivity Commissioner talk up AI and talk down regulation, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #81
It’s becoming predictable: social media age restrictions in the news again, AI and next week’s productivity roundtable, new cybercrime statistics, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #80
The Productivity Commission and the Treasurer side with tech bros on AI regulation, NBN goes with Amazon’s Project Kuiper, OpenAI launches GPT-5, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #79
Even more about Australia’s social media age restrictions including the actual rules, a little on the UK’s efforts, plenty of new legislation, and much, much more.
The Weekly Cybers #78
There’s quite a lot about internet age restrictions this week, plus extended powers for ASIO, the politics of short-form video, and a lot more.
The Weekly Cybers #77
RBA calls for an end to card payment surcharges, Meta reckons its AI needs our personal information to understand Australians, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #76
Australia’s social media age restrictions are in the news again, the Qantas data breach wasn’t so “sophisticated” after all, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #75
ART overturns eSafety takedown notice, Services Australia moves to Finance, Qantas suffers a data breach, and AI video fakes get harder to spot.
The Weekly Cybers #74
It’s YouTube versus the eSafety Commissioner in the social media age restrictions debate, the ACCC completes its mammoth inquiry into digital platforms, and NSW police reckon they’ve caught the Western Sydney University hacker.
The Weekly Cybers #73
Is the age assurance tech trial going well or badly? Depends who you ask. Also, Optus cops a $100 million penalty, Amazon to invest $20 billion, and Ghost Bat reaches an important milestone.
The Weekly Cybers #72
PM Anthony Albanese is still all for social media age restrictions, digital identities are a challenge to traditional espionage, and robot taxis are being lured to their death in LA.
The Weekly Cybers #71
Services Australia says AI and automation will be deployed with empathy, Apple faces pressure to open up app sales, HMAS Canberra kills Kiwi wi-fi, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #70
Work on Australia’s social media age restrictions continues, reporting your ransomware payments is now compulsory, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #69
ASIO and AFP are back with home affairs, the OAIC’s inquiry into children’s online privacy actually asks children, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #68
Albanese announces his new ministry, Australia’s social media age restriction tech trials grind on, more AI stories, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #67
Labor wins the election, but until we know more we’ve got plenty of AI news from around the world.
The Weekly Cybers #66
China has a new cable-cutting submarine thing, APNIC has a new-ish boss, the people of Melbourne use OSINT to track public transport ticket inspectors, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #65
So where are the bold digital policies this election? Is “social media scary protect kiddies” all we can look forward to? Do we need a public digital infrastructure?
