Australia
Australian banks embrace digital ID
New partnerships are being formed.
Facebook reverses censorship of post saying men can’t give birth
A rare reversal.
Protester in Australia banned from using private apps, has to turn over his phone and passwords to cops
Overreaching and unusual conditions.
Australia explores digital ID options
New privacy concerns.
MembersThe Privacy Invasion of WiFi Signals
The pitch was that your lights would come on by themselves. The capability was that a machine could tell you apart from your roommate by the way you walk.
Australian minister proposed the idea of using Digital ID system to de-anonymize social media users
An overreach in terms of what the system was designed for.
Australian appliance retailer hit with complaints over invasive facial recognition tech
The Good Guys hits pause.
Payments company Mastercard wants to be a digital ID provider
Making big moves in Australia.
Covid surveillance tech remains open to exploitation
Governments and private companies can still abuse all of the data they collected in the name of Covid.
YouTube ordered to pay Australian politician John Barilaro $715,000 for hosting “defamatory” content
Opening the gates to more censorship.
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner tells Davos it’s time for a “recalibration” on human rights like “free speech”
A big push towards censorship.