Josh Taylor
@joshtaylor.bsky.social
Technology reporter at the Guardian, in Melbourne, Australia. Tech, infosec, FOI, politics, media 🌈 (he/him) https://linktr.ee/joshtayl0r
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Pauline Hanson thinks she speaks for the mainstream but her stunt shows she is a bit player with bad instincts
Pauline Hanson thinks she speaks for the mainstream but her stunt shows she is a bit player with bad instincts
While banning the burqa might play with the Sky After Dark audience, it is miles from a broad concern among punters
Nearly 30 years after she first entered politics with a firebrand maiden speech about Asian immigration, Pauline Hanson remains a committed fringe dweller, with narrow political interests and bad instincts.
Suspended from the Senate on Tuesday, her decision to don a burqa in the chamber a day earlier badly disrupted proceedings and drew near universal condemnation. It is only the fifth time since 1901 that a seven-day suspension has been put in place, and the first time since 1979. Continue reading...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Pauline Hanson thinks she speaks for the mainstream but her stunt shows she is a bit player with bad instincts
Kinda funny they're posting through it tbh
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Kinda funny they're posting through it tbh
Outsourcing your sense of humour to AI www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Outsourcing your sense of humour to AI www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Snapchat to tell 440k Australians to prove they’re 16 or accounts will be locked in social media ban
Snapchat to tell 440k Australians to prove they’re 16 or accounts will be locked in social media ban
In-app notifications go out this week to users believed to be aged under 16 ahead of 10 December social media ban
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Snapchat is about to begin alerting some users that their accounts will be deactivated when Australia’s under-16s social media ban takes effect from 10 December.
Users that the platform assesses are likely to be aged under 16 were due to begin getting notifications about the ban this week in-app, via email or SMS. Continue reading...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Snapchat to tell 440k Australians to prove they’re 16 or accounts will be locked in social media ban
The Roblox CEO being so hyped about Polymarket doesn't fill me with confidence.
This is quite an interview.
This is quite an interview.
We asked Roblox's CEO about child safety on the platform. It got tense www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Roblox CEO being so hyped about Polymarket doesn't fill me with confidence.
This is quite an interview.
This is quite an interview.
The Australian calling for the ABC to loosen its editorial policies.... on on-air talent accepting gambling money lol
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The Australian calling for the ABC to loosen its editorial policies.... on on-air talent accepting gambling money lol
Had to look up 'piss' in the Guardian styleguide (it's not there).
Just another day reporting on Elon.
Just another day reporting on Elon.
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Had to look up 'piss' in the Guardian styleguide (it's not there).
Just another day reporting on Elon.
Just another day reporting on Elon.
Interesting, eSafety got the classification board to classify the Charlie Kirk assassination video as refused classification (previously they usually self-assess before sending take down requests). I guess wanting to put themselves on stronger footing.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Interesting, eSafety got the classification board to classify the Charlie Kirk assassination video as refused classification (previously they usually self-assess before sending take down requests). I guess wanting to put themselves on stronger footing.
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Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
Stephen Gageler warns the speed of AI’s development could be outstripping people’s ability to ‘comprehend its potential risks and rewards’
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The chief justice of the high court says judges around Australia are acting as “human filters” for legal arguments created using AI, warning the use of machine-generated content has reached unsustainable levels in the courts.
Stephen Gageler told the first day of the Australian Legal Convention in Canberra on Friday that inappropriate use of AI content by litigants self-representing in court proceedings, as well as trained legal practitioners, included machine-enhanced arguments, preparation of evidence and formulation of legal submissions. Continue reading...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.
lol, PM&C released a low-res version of the king's flag but refused to release a high-res one under FOI. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/his_...
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
lol, PM&C released a low-res version of the king's flag but refused to release a high-res one under FOI. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/his_...
Sadly deleting the two days in my calendar I had set aside in December to watch this hearing
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Sadly deleting the two days in my calendar I had set aside in December to watch this hearing
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November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Meta wouldn't tell me how they know which accounts are under 16 (assuming behavioural signals, age of account etc) because they don't want teens trying to get around the ban. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Meta starts notifying Australian teenagers of account shutdowns as social media ban looms
Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December, when ban will begin
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November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Meta wouldn't tell me how they know which accounts are under 16 (assuming behavioural signals, age of account etc) because they don't want teens trying to get around the ban. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Nice of cloudflare to have an outage in another time zone for once
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Nice of cloudflare to have an outage in another time zone for once
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CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
Commonwealth Bank Australia– which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
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November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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leopards eating people's faces rally attendee
South African man detained in pre-dawn immigration raid after attending Sydney neo-Nazi rally
South African man detained in pre-dawn immigration raid after attending Sydney neo-Nazi rally
White Australia, formerly known as the National Socialist Network, have raised $20,000 for Matthew Gruter
A South African man whose visa was cancelled after attending a neo-Nazi rally in Sydney was detained by immigration agents in a pre-dawn operation and taken to Villawood detention centre.
Matthew Gruter, a South African national, has been quoted by his organisation, White Australia, as planning to fight his deportation “via every possible angle” but the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, defended his decision to cancel the visa. Continue reading...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
leopards eating people's faces rally attendee
that's how you write a twist
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
that's how you write a twist
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Scout* barely realised that something round and hard, with smoke coming from it, had landed in front of them before it exploded.
Pain suddenly shot through their leg and arm. Scout fell to their knees, before someone nearby helped them rush out of the area.
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Pain suddenly shot through their leg and arm. Scout fell to their knees, before someone nearby helped them rush out of the area.
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Police detonated a ‘stinger’ grenade at a Melbourne protest. Now two activists may sue over their injuries
Grenades filled with rubber pellets and other so-called ‘less lethal’ munitions have been increasingly deployed, despite being linked to serious injuries and even deaths
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November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Scout* barely realised that something round and hard, with smoke coming from it, had landed in front of them before it exploded.
Pain suddenly shot through their leg and arm. Scout fell to their knees, before someone nearby helped them rush out of the area.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pain suddenly shot through their leg and arm. Scout fell to their knees, before someone nearby helped them rush out of the area.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Interesting note out of the attorneys general meeting today
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Interesting note out of the attorneys general meeting today
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It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny
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November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny
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Wild VEC political party name change alert
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Wild VEC political party name change alert
I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal
Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions
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November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...