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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2h

Awful news, Cathy. I'm so very sorry.

I can't imagine how deeply frustrating it must be to see anti-science policies wreak such havoc.

Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 20h

Having flicked through the judgment, the main issue seems to be he just refused to pay rates and the saga dragged on for well over a decade ...

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 21h

Quite the saga ...

Port Augusta City Council Addresses Long Running Court Disputes

www.portaugusta.sa.gov.au

Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 21h

Not in this case ...

The judgment notes that:

early in 2015, Mr Robertson and Ms Jones complained of the erection of a signpost
for the road with the name “Mary MacKillop Road"

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 23h

Wholeheartedly agree, very real risks to privacy and associated rights to freedom of speech & association by the use of this technology that can isolate & track characteristics at scale.

And as the community legal centre campaign highlights we know that surveillance does not impact us all equally.

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 1d

That's awful. How frustrating that you can't enjoy your local park.

Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 1d

Another useful overview of digital policy in Australia #auslaw

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 1d

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AN0M sting operation declared legal in Australia, Deloitte refunds $440,000 over AI fakery, cops may be given freedom to use abuse images to catch perps, SMS Sender ID Registry rollout starts, and much, much more.

#TwoFatLadies

The Weekly Cybers #88

AN0M sting operation declared legal in Australia, Deloitte refunds $440,000 over AI fakery, cops may be given freedom to use abuse images to catch perps, SMS Sender ID Registry rollout starts, and muc...

buttondown.com

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 1d

Will be very interesting to see the reaction from under 16s when TikTok & others notify them that they are removing or deactivating their accounts (which eSafety said the platforms should do with "kindness, care and clear communication").

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

"Politicising" an event for politicians. I see. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events.

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you - that's what I thought but have been travelling, so wanted to check if there had been any developments.

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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 1d

The full "Privacy Guidance on Part 4A (Social Media Minimum Age) of the Online Safety Act 2021" is here: www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/priv... #Privacy #Australia #SocialMediaBan [4/4]

Privacy Guidance on Part 4A (Social Media Minimum Age) of the Online Safety Act 2021

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

www.oaic.gov.au

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jeremynadel8.bsky.social @jeremynadel8.bsky.social · 1d

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-...

Sign the Petition

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

www.change.org

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for sharing Jeremy.

Have you been able to find out whether the proposal is to deploy:
> video analytics and facial recognition or
> video analytics without facial recognition as seems to be the case with Logan City Council?

AI tracking software used by Queensland council raises privacy concerns

The Logan City Council has about 1,400 cameras, with footage fed into a main control room manned by council staff and police.

www.abc.net.au

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 1d

On the vanquishing, for now, of chat control:

"if we didn’t have to expend most our energies saying ‘No’ to this stupid, ghastly shit, and saying ‘No’ to the stupid, ghastly shit of the tech oligarchs, what might we have built instead? How productively and joyfully could we be spending our lives?

Delighted to be proved wrong — Crooked Timber

crookedtimber.org

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

(Excuse my clumsy writing. I'm at an airport and had about 3 hours sleep.)

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

The approach is even more flawed than that in that the problem - the harms intended to be addressed - were not clearly articulated by the Govt when the Bill passed Parliament.

(They did such a poor job of explaining the relevant harms, that eSafety advised this be clarified in the Rules.)

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

Wholeheartedly agree.

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

Big Tech was the enemy ...

What other sites are or are not captured by the obligation has been of little interest to the advocates of this approach, unfortunately.

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like many are only now becoming aware that the law only requires platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent under 16s from having an *account*:

> if a site does not have accounts, then no action (under this law) is required

> under 16s can still view content accessible without an account

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

What strikes me about this is how much more clearly incriminating chats with ChatGPT are going to be than Google searches in criminal investigations

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 2d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 3d

Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece said the next phase would be voting on whether to incorporate artificial intelligence video analysis into the monitoring system.

"We are seeing the way that cities around the world are embracing these new technologies to keep people safe," the Lord Mayor said ...

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3d

The City of Melbourne is set to vote on a new plan that would see more privately owned CCTV cameras feeding into the city's security network and staff able to access the footage to investigate local law breaches.

Melbourne council staff to be given surveillance powers under draft plans

The City of Melbourne is set to vote on a new plan that would see more privately owned CCTV cameras feeding into the city's security network and staff able to access the footage to investigate local law breaches.

www.abc.net.au

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed ... I noticed a football club among the many groups represented by those marching in the Palestine solidarity rally in Dublin on the weekend

People holding Bohemian FC Friends of Palestine banner in the pro Palestine rally

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

highland cattle have it figured out

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

It's a competitive industry ...

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 2d

There's a similar program in place already in a council in QLD that Reece has cited with approval - while also being dismissive of the privacy implications.

Melbourne considers AI CCTV surveillance - ABC listen

Melbourne City Council is considering the use of artificial intelligence to analyse CCTV footage as part of an expansion of its surveillance network.

www.abc.net.au

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