Misogyny and violence against women are social issues, and require a social response, not a punitive one.
Widely-available AI tools are supercharging cyber crime, which means we need to stay on top of our online security like never before.
Addressing data breaches and government surveillance misuse requires a balanced approach that respects national security and individual privacy.
Deepfakes are threatening privacy and security, and while detection methods using deep learning aim to combat the problem, there’s a long way to go.
Domestic violence can increase amid bushfires, but Australia has a poor track record of responding to it. With a hot summer ahead, authorities are warned to prepare.
The rise of influencer culture has been meteoric, but what’s going on behind the selfie stick? And what does it have to do with gender dynamics?
As the pandemic continues to threaten our mental health, a groundbreaking “living lab” is set to reimagine how we identify and treat problems.
How we get the balance right between using social media to hold people to account versus the risk of invading people’s privacy depends on the context, of course, and is ultimately about power.
An app that can track our movements and calling the police for us with just one touch is a powerful temptation, but technological solutions aren’t benign and apolitical.
Will there be new opportunities for criminals to use 5G technologies and mobile applications – with higher speeds and more reliability – to conduct crime?
As technology advances, the use of spyware in crime investigation is almost unavoidable, but it raises questions about the threat to privacy, freedom of speech, and civil society.
An innovative algorithm is set to further enhance the protections afforded by biometric technology.
For the chronically ill, digital technologies enable comforting social interactions – but they come with their dangers.
We hear from Ali Alizadeh, a literary critic, poet and writer on the philosophy of art, who sees the biggest threat to art as the growing need for it to have function.
New facial recognition technology is justifiably raising fears for the end of privacy as we know it.
The recent police raids on the ABC and News Corp go beyond free speech and media freedom – they're further proof of Australia's democratic decline.
The popularity of face-swapping software has resulted in the disturbing trend of 'deepfakes' that can be used for nefarious purposes.
Despite our reliance on digital technologies in the classroom, there are too few natural resources to produce and sustain them at the levels we expect.
AFL footballer Dane Swan is the latest victim of illegal photo-sharing. It's believed one in five Australians have had images of them distributed without their permission – and that's most likely an underestimate.
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