In this interview, Claire Benn discussed the ethics of facial recognition, from the trends we have seen across the world concerning the development and deployment of facial recognition to the future role facial recognition might play here in Australia. Beginning with the core components of all facial recognition, Dr Benn explores the dangers and opportunities facial recognition presents when it goes right and when it goes wrong.
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An interview between Vikram Singh and Jenny Davis about her book "How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things" (MIT Press 2020). The interview is published in the DisAssemble Newsletter, a publication for design theorists and practitioners. Read here or click through for more information.
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Can policymakers detoxify social media? Listen to HMI CI Jenny Davis, Dr Jennifer Hunt, and Yun Jiang discuss online hate, anti-social behaviour on digital platforms, and what policymakers can do about it.
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Through an exploration of content moderation on the social media site Reddit, the authors argue for systematic standards of information governance and the legal treatment of social media companies as media producers.
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Should we use large-scale facial recognition systems? This article in The Conversation distinguishes between facial recognition and face surveillance and argues that we should demand a moratorium on face surveillance.
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Should we tear down statues? Dr Claire Benn unravels some of the complex moral and ethical issues embodied in statues on ABC Radio Drive with Anna Vidot.
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Video conferences are now king. But a popular technology could be putting corporate privacy at risk with little power to prevent it.
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Proposed legislation will open the way to sharing the vast quantities of data held by the Australian government, without needing our consent. While it promises to enable the smooth service delivery citizen-consumers have come to expect, it also challenges traditional roles of privacy, consent and trust in the public sphere.
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Christian Barry and Seth Lazar consider what justifies requiring some people to bear costs for the sake of others, in the public health response to COVID-19.
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