We’ll find out more in December. I reckon even if it ends up just being computer vision without facial rec there’s still similar risks. Especially given they’ve expanded the CCTV’s remit from crime prevention to “public nuisance” & Reece has also mentioned “gait detection”

The report they've commissioned is looking into "video analytics", but Nick Reece has said in interviews that this could include facial recognition

Sign the Petition Say NO to City of Melbourne's plan to criminalise vulnerable people

As Melb City Council prepares to vote on integrating it CCTV network with facial Rec & AI event detection, community legal groups have launched a petition urging councillors to scale back surveillance
www.change.org/p/say-no-to-...

Calls grow to reveal secret NDIS algorithm Fears tool reduces people to data points.

Advocacy groups and legal experts are demanding transparency around a new government tool being developed to score the needs of people with disability.

Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Home Affairs blasted over 'unlawful' automated visa cancellation Public servants must challenge automatic decisions, ombudsman says.

Home Affairs blasted over unlawful automated visa cancellation www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907997...

Australia fast-tracks access to US user data Police obtain cross-border social media information.

Australian authorities are now accessing personal data from social media and email users in just days under an agreement with the United States, raising fresh questions about digital privacy and transparency.

Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australia fast-tracks access to US user data Police obtain cross-border social media information.

It’s become MUCH easier for cops to access social media data thru the Aus-US Cloud Act Agreement ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Incredible reporting, the type Western media weren't doing while IBM did the Holocaust

X-thread for the panel featuring @asherwolf.bsky.social, Jenny Miller, Felicity Button, Colleen Taylor. Hosted by Guardian reporter Chris Knaus who did so much to cover the issue for them.

#PeopleVSRobodebt

"took nine hours to notify police" 🤯

Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For If you live in Mississippi, you may have noticed that you are no longer able to log into your Bluesky or Dreamwidth accounts from within the state. That’s because, in a chilling early warning sign

La verificación de edad desencadena sobrecensura y bloqueos geográficos, con impactos desproporcionados y riesgos de privacidad para usuarios y plataformas. www.eff.org/es/deeplink...

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

A PRO-PEDOPHILE tactic to steal & monetise your personal info — remember it next time Meta rollout its next surveillance measure under the guise of "stopping CSAM"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Decision was: CANCELLATION (CAN) Decision Type: Cust did not contact Provider to Re-Engage (DCA) Reason for Contact: Disagree with legislation/policy Why does the customer want the decision quality checked? Customer wants to have the decision reviewed as he was not aware of the appt booked for 08/12/20 the only notification he got was via an SMS message for an appt on 18/12/20. Customer has not heard from his provider at all and has never spoken to themn about any appts that have been booked. Customer did not receive notification that his payment was suspended let alone cancelled and does not agree that his payments can be cancelled under social security law. This DOC was created by the Internal Review / Explanation script. DOC by [s22 redaction] on 1300306325. __________________ANNOTATE BY [s22 redaction] ON 14 JAN 2021 Appeal has been finalised and decision set aside. Thomas was not sent any notification his payments had been suspended, only the final cancellation letter. In addition, when his payments were cancelled CDR, the penalty period did not apply on his record (system issue) and his JSP payment has been granted from the day after the cancellation, 12/1/2021. Will attempt to run the appeal script again today and advise Thomas in writing.

Some of what went on with my appeal:

• 'Appeal script crashed twice and did not record the outcome.'

• 'Thomas was not sent any notification his payments had been suspended, only the final cancellation letter.'

• 'his payments were cancelled [when] penalty period did not apply'

A symphony of it.

Government falsely blames AI for FOI surge Bots did not send eSafety 600 requests.

In a bid to distract attention away from an unprecedented attack on government openness and transparency, @albomp.bsky.social’s Govt has made false statements regarding an AI #FOI bombardment of the eSafety Commissioner. Misleading talking points atop hypocrisy! 🤬 #auspol

Sydney Water failed to perform adequate due diligence before claiming there were no PFAS hotspots within its drinking water catchments, and governments failed to keep pace with the spread of “forever chemicals” in the environment, a parliamentary inquiry has found archive.md/2025.09.11-0...

Govt spent $101K of YOUR money on lawyers trying to keep a Maugean Skate brief from YOU. They lost the fight.

Instead of rethinking their resistance to transparency, @albomp.bsky.social’s solution to balancing the books is to charge citizens $40 to receive an erroneous #FOI decision. 🤦‍♂️ #auspol

The correct response to bot orchestrated DDoS is *not to punish human access to freedom of information*

Need of anonymous FOI applications for investigative journalism FOIAs are an important instrument for investigative journalists, who are however endangered by the lack of anonymity of the process to access public documents and can be subject to intimidations submi...

12/12🧵The PM said “the capability to make anonymous applications” should be overturned, but here’s‘s @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social Sofia Verza’s breakdown of what’s wrong with making citizens & activist unmask themselves when using FOI against corruption
www.rcmediafreedom.eu/Tools/Legal-...

10/12🧵The irony of the Gov blaming sites helping the public access their info + accessing & indexing gov docs is they’re SOLVING not CAUSING the problem: see @oaf.org.au #righttoknow @muckrock.com #StopLAPDSpyingCoalition journos behind #SecretCanada Tom Cardoso & @robyndoolittle.bsky.social

Albo's dangerous expansion of Cabinet secrecy - Michael West Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed modifications of Freedom of Information laws are a huge secrecy grab and undermine democracy

9/12🧵Former senator @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social told me "misleading claims" were to “distract" from the bill expanding "secrecy over significant and controversial topics being deliberated on", which he details in this analysis for @michaelwest.com.au.web.brid.gy
michaelwest.com.au/albos-danger...

Foreign actors could 'exploit' the FOI process, the government claims. But when we asked for evidence? Nada. The Albanese government — which came into power partly on a promise of greater transparency — is seeking to hamper freedom of information requests. It's reasoning why is shoddy.

8/12🧵AG Michelle Rowland also blamed FOI laws allowing anonymous requests for foreign agents to exploit them for “nefarious purposes”. @crikey.com.au 's Anton Nilsson asked her office for an example. Guess what she said! www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/03/f...

Proposed changes to Freedom Of Information scheme don't add up New Australia Institute research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI reque...

7/12🧵While AG blames “technology enabling large volumes" of FOIs clogging the system, @australiainstitute.org.au's @browne90.bsky.social's analysis of OAIC reports suggests the gov is spending excessive money & time blocking FOIs that are released on appeal
australiainstitute.org.au/post/propose...

6/12🧵#eSafety said concerns that its Meltwater tool profiles critics are false & the docs only contain posts mentioning eSafety. Many orgs’ social media monitoring is innocent PR, but considering its application in #Centrelink & #NDIS the #FOI applicants wanted to check

5/12🧵Sidenote: Although most the applicants were conservative, FSU's opposition to surveillance & censorship has been consistent eg its stance against SLV’s treatment of @jinghuaqian.com @omarsakr.bsky.social & Alison Evans & support for Antoinette Lattouf's unfair dismissal case

4/12🧵 X accounts using their real names posted eSafety’s replies; former liberal candidate Katherine Deves’s FOI captured “16,000+ docs”; scope-related decisions in the email-thread correspond with posts from users like conservative activist Kirralie Smith whose request related to “250 documents”

3/12🧵 Several dozen of the 83 "requests via the Free Speech Union of Australia's website" that eSafety determined "as having been validly made" are listed (and some posted) on its disclosure log:
www.esafety.gov.au/sites/defaul...
& www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/cor...

2/12🧵Processing the 636 FOIs for users’ docs "relating to their name and X handle” was based on unique details: whether eSafety stored no posts; too manny; whether they’d provide an ID or email, according to eSafety's internal correspondence: www.esafety.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Government falsely blames AI for FOI surge Bots did not send eSafety 600 requests.

1/12🧵 Here’s how I disproved the Gov’s claim that 600 FOIs were “AI bot-generated” + insights on the #FOI system’s real problems from @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au @browne90.bsky.social Maria O'Sullivan Yee-Fui Ng & Sofia Verza ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Thanks for fighting them back on this one Jacqui

For eSafety Commissioner?