Technology & democracy
Defending our democracy: How a cranky uncle, Swedish inspo and ‘pre-bunking’ help out
Our home-grown election system is the envy of the Western world. Will it be enough to inoculate us from AI, fake news and other threats to our way of life?
- by Nick Bryant
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Musk’s troubles in Brazil grow as Starlink threatened
“The Brazilian judiciary may have given an important signal that the world is not obliged to put up with Musk’s far-right ideology just because he is rich,” Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.
- by Daniel Carvalho
Telegram’s Matrix-styled tech boss charged in France
The Paris prosecutor said on Wednesday evening Pavel Durov was being investigated as part of a probe into the role of his messaging app Telegram in organised crime.
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Australia isn’t ready for the first AI-election, electoral commission warns
Australia’s top election official says deepfakes and AI-content pose unprecedented challenges to election integrity.
- by James Massola
Opinion
Opinion
Joe Biden’s TikTok crusade ignores the real China threat
Unless his administration can pivot rapidly, Joe Biden’s legacy risks being marked by well-intentioned failures.
- by Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez
Australia can fine tech companies $782,500. In other countries, penalties can reach $35 million
Australia is looking at overseas examples as it weighs up increasing the penalties it can issue to major companies, under a review of its online safety regime.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
US Senate passes bill forcing TikTok sale
A decision made by House Republicans last week to attach the TikTok bill to the high-priority Ukraine and Israel package helped expedite its passage in Congress.
- by Haleluya Hadero
Israel is using face recognition to identify, and misidentify, Gazans
A mass surveillance effort is collecting and cataloguing the faces of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, according to Israeli spies and officials.
- by Sheera Frenkel
Opinion
Opinion
Trump just shook up America’s war on TikTok
If there’s one thing that unites an otherwise bitterly divided Washington, it’s China. But Donald Trump has just stirred the pot.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Biden orders probe of Chinese-made ‘smart cars’ spying risks
The move is the latest attempt by the White House to safeguard the US against the growing threat of Chinese cyberattacks.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘You have blood on your hands’: Tech CEOs grilled over child sexual exploitation
In the hearing room, dozens of parents had stood waiting for the CEOs to enter, holding pictures of their children who had been sexually exploited on social media.
- by David Shepardson and Makini Brice
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/technology---democracy-1lyc