Press freedom crackdown under ‘cover of COVID’
The rights of the press have been eroded by governments across the Asia-Pacific region under the...
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Category: TECHNOLOGY
Space invaded: the junk crisis
They say what goes up must come down. When it comes to space, however, this expression doesn’t...
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Virtual crisis simulation teaching journalists to combat fake news
A virtual news simulation that mimics the spread of disinformation in a crisis is training...
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Edward Snowden: COVIDSafe app ‘one of the worst’ surveillance methods
Whistle-blower Edward Snowden has criticised Australia’s COVID-19 tracking app COVIDSafe, claiming “Australia has embraced one of the worst methods [of contact tracing].”
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Busted! Instagram’s calling out disinformation
Australia’s Instagram users are getting a taste of what social fakery looks like, with debunked posts and memes starting to pop up in their feeds.
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Cyber threat behind campaign to ‘Stay Smart’
Just before Alastair MacGibbon resigned as the head of Australia’s Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) in May, he issued a stern warning. Cyber attacks, he said, are the “greatest existential threat we face.”
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Game developers in need of funding boost
Australia’s games industry is looking for government funding to not only keep the sector...
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