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How good is it to have a dedicated, publicly funded emergency broadcaster? Grateful to all the ABC local radio teams, keeping us company, making sure we're informed and connected, and bringing comfort to their communities this morning, as #tcalfred finally crosses the coast.

Ah, it all becomes clear. DOGE's attack on waste is an attack on W.A.S.T.E. Time to unmute the post horn 📯🗑️

Generative AI is a hinge point for higher education Decisions taken now around how generative AI is used by academics and universities will shape the future of research. Mark Carrigan argues whilst optimistic scenarios are possible, generative AI st…

From @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social "The choices academics make now, how we think and talk about the new possibilities which are opening up, alongside many others, will shape the nature of the AI university" @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation Numerous studies have shown that fact checking has helped reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation online.

Some reflections with colleagues @nedwatt.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social at @theconvo-bot.bsky.social on Meta's decision to end its professionally funded fact-checking model in its platforms and adopt the X crowdsourcing model with a new 'community notes'👇 theconversation.com/meta-is-aban...

Deeply unserious government

What is Bluesky? Why tens of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform With a name that invokes freedom and a clean start and a design that promises to put control back in our hands, the Bluesky platform is attracting users away from Twitter/X en masse.

I was asked to write a short explainer about Bluesky for The Conversation - I hope I haven't done anything to annoy the more committed community members (I was an ambivalent and pretty slack early adopter). theconversation.com/what-is-blue...

This time next week we will be welcoming an incredible line-up of researchers to Monash's Caulfield campus in Naarm/Melbourne and via Zoom, for our tenth (!!) Digital Intimacies conference! Draft program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1o3A5...

Parliament delivers a performance piece of legislative 'enshittification' that raises more questions than answers Yesterday, parliament heard that the major parties will come together and pass a law banning teenagers from social media, after a period of careful thought roughly commensurate with that of a 15-year-...

Annabel Crabb does a great job of summing it up!

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Generative AI and the future of academic writing and publishing. This project examines the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies on scholarly research and publishing. The project investigates how GenAI technologies are shaping the future of academic research from search to publication, including how academic publishers and peak research advisory bodies are responding to the potential of these technologies. The project develops a framework for understanding the sociotechnical drivers shaping the debate and establishes cross-sector principles to promote a more consistent and critical response by key stakeholders. In doing so, it supports ongoing learning within scholarly communities for a more responsive national research system, optimising GenAI for public good.

Super excited about our successfully funded #ARC Discovery #DP25 application on GenAI and the future of academic writing and publishing, led by @riedlinm.bsky.social, with Jake Goldenfein, @jeanburgess.bsky.social, & Aaron Snoswell. Get ready to hear lots more about Research GenAI or #RGAI from us!

Are you interested in a variety of perspectives and research on automation and society, and in branching out beyond Europe and North America? If the answer's yes, then I have a great starter pack for you

Episode 15: International media landscapes with Aljosha Karim Schapals Read Them Sideways · Episode

A new episode of the @qutdmrc.bsky.social podcast Read Them Sideways is out! Hosted by @svegaard.bsky.social, he chatted with Aljosha Karim Schapals about the release of a new book he has co-edited: Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes.

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If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through? Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it

Here's my analysis on the rushing of the social media ban bill. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...