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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway

@legallyfeminist.bsky.social

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Am a Dr. Not the useful kind. Teach Evidence Law, International Human Rights, Gender & the Law at UC. Researching online abuse, human rights, law. ASD-Dyspraxia 🌈 Instagram: @legally.feminist Views are my own.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · Aug 31

We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol

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A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 1d

#NZpol Not holding my breath, but I’d love to see Winston Peters apologise to the protesters and Green Party members he attacked over the burglary*

“Hudson told Stuff his client wanted to be clear that he was not part of any protest activity outside Peters’ house”

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Man accused of burglary at Winston Peters’ house pleads not guilty, keeps name secret

The man pleaded not guilty and is not allowed to go within 1km of Winston Peters’ home.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

Toxic behaviour is one thing. Online violence seeped in racist misogyny is another. Call it what it is.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

I do remember him saying it was unacceptable in an Instagram reel. Certainly not a formal statement, and it didn't get airtime or sig media pick up.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

On the one hand, I think it's really important men in politics call out this behaviour and go further to condemn it (more of this pls). On the other hand, actions speak louder than words. What did you do? #nzpol

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

Devastated tbh

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Rewarded for vile behaviour

Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

The use of AI-generated images in the case of a missing 4-year-old in Australia shows how misinformation can weaponise tragedy. These inflict real harm on both families and public trust, with little legal avenues to stop it.

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AI-generated images of missing 4yo Gus raise legal concerns about misinformation

Bogus images of the boy seemingly generated by artificial intelligence technology have begun circulating online.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno. Still kind of pissed Little went for Wellington Mayor. Like, look at this. This is 2025 #nzpol

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 2d

We know how that’s actually going to play out 😑 #nzpol

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 2d

This all started from disinformation based on homophobic tropes and moral panic. It spiraled into mass online violence against and about Doyle. And there was nothing else Doyle could have done to stop that. And that's the unacceptable state of online harm in this country right now.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 2d

“The committee reported back on Friday, recommending “by majority” that it be passed.”

As Emeritus professor Jane Kelsey says, “this has the potential to be our ideologically driven version of the Trump administration.”

The progression of the RSB needs more scrutiny than a Friday night news dump.

The Act leader's proposed legislation has been contentious for a list of reasons.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 2d

"Further arrests are likely as police continue their investigation into the online threats."

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 2d

Thought so. I shall wait for all of the social media posts from various political actors clearly condemning this political violence and unacceptable behaviour against Parliament's first nonbinary MP.

#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

19-year-old charged after sending death threats to Green MP who since resigned

Detective Inspector Warren Olsson said the nature and volume of the threats met the threshold for investigation and subsequent prosecution.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Riddhish @riddhishp.bsky.social · 2d

Mayor Rowley says,

"attacking someone for being young and Māori is not just cowardly, it’s racist and divisive. Criticising a programme is one thing. Targeting a young person for participating in it is another entirely. We condemn it."

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‘We condemn it’: Mayor takes stand against racist comments

Waimate’s mayor has issued a firmly worded statement condemning “racist and divisive” online attacks on a young leadership programme participant.

www.thepress.co.nz

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 2d

It's a crime to stop and board shops in international water. It's a crime to remove people from those ships.

Detained suggests that the Israeli government had the right to stop these ships and take these people. They absolutely didn't #nzpol

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NZ flotilla members detained by Israeli forces arrive back in Auckland

The three New Zealanders were welcomed at Auckland International Airport by a crowd of supporters.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, I'm not pleased about criminal prosecution of a 19 year old. I wish we weren't so reliant on criminal justice responses.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 2d

Likely against Benjamin Doyle? 🤔

Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 2d

Positive step toward recognising online threats as serious matters of political safety. Holding people accountable for digital harm helps safeguard democratic engagement. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Man charged after string of death threats made against MP

A 19-year-old man has been charged.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 2d

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid
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Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

www.1news.co.nz

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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · 2d

It might be easier to start listing the things that don’t cause autism

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 3d

And, to be clear, both proposals worry me:
1. legislating police power to take photographs
2. allowing police to close areas due to antisocial behaviour or risks to public safety etc.
The latter is extraordinarily worrying discretionary power.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 3d

Genuinely frustrated by the lack of contexual analysis around political violence and online violence this week.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 3d

You had a brick thrown through your window? We need legislation!

You got hundreds of messages about how you and your child should die? They started because of some homophobic disinformation about you? You have to leave your job for your safety? lol okay bye.

(imo both these things are bad)

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te pua o te rēinga (🫴🏼🎃) @cucumber.bsky.social · 3d

the powerful are petrified of wahine māori and the haka.

got emotional watching this wee clip of oriini kaipara in the house.

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