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Rohan Pearce

@rohan-p.bsky.social

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Tech journo and managing editor at Communications Day. I write about telecommunications, critical infrastructure and such things so you don't have to. Also I like cats. In the Blue Mountains (Dharug and Gundungurra country). Recovering Tasmanian.

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 9h

Nick: "Users are able to use natural language to describe what they want - whether that’s to create a contract, review one or something else related to contracts - and have AI do the work for them. "

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 9h

The bros are at it again! and make no mistake, they are LITERALLY calling it "Vibe Lawyering"

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 7h

Exclusive: DPS confirms to frustrated journalist that ParlView is having 'issues'

Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 7h

Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach in first for Privacy Act (OAIC release) www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...

Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach in first for Privacy Act

The Federal Court ordered that Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) pay $5.8 million in civil penalties in relation to a data breach by its Medlab Pathology business in February 2022.

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to figure out sometimes whether submissions were made using AI, but then sometimes they make it fairly easy.

Three citation urls that include the source being chatgpt.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider Video game chat platform Discord has suffered a data breach, informing users that their personal information – including identity documents of those required to prove their age – were compromised. The company stated last week that an unauthorised party had compromised one of Discord’s third-party customer service providers, leading to the access of “a limited number of users” who had been in contact with the customer service or trust and safety teams. Continue reading...

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 2d

(it's not completely redacted) Response to order of 4 September 2025 (169) relating to preparations for a legislated digital duty of care www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... )

Tabled documents

Documents presented (tabled) in the Senate and the House of Representatives since 2022 (the 47th Parliament). Documents presented prior to this and information for government departments can be access...

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 2d

luv transparency in government

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 3d

"Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors" www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 5d

Trying to explain that this is Ms Moni's friend Shane MacGowan to the kid so I don't have to change to his music

Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 6d

Treasury has released the final report of its review of AI and the Australian Consumer Law treasury.gov.au/publication/...

Final report – Review of AI and the Australian Consumer Law | Treasury.gov.au

The ACL, when combined with other laws, can generally handle challenges that come with AI products and services.

treasury.gov.au

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 6d

impossible to resist giving this guy an atomic wedgie

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 7d

I obtained the letter YouTube sent to the communications minister in July outlining three potential legal avenues to argue against its inclusion in the social media ban. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

YouTube letter dated 24 July 2025, addressed to communications minister Anika Wells. It begins: Dear Minister,

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 7d

makes me sick that this could have been our desktop interface

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 7d

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 7d

government's cyber health check tool (to see if you have cyber cooties) www.cyber.gov.au/cyberhealthc...

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 8d

massive congrats!

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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 9d

They should call space the final outback

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 9d

I'll keep an eye out for anyone who seems to be an appreciator of the finer things in life (KFC)

Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 9d

some are wearing suits

Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 9d

at a space event full of space and science journalists not my familiar tech and telco crowd 😱

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Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social · 9d

The judgement in the NSW music festival strip searches class action will be handed down at 10am. It's being streamed: www.youtube.com/live/OdnyHnk...

Judgment - Raya Meredith v State of NSW (Music Festival Searches Class Action) - 30 September 2025

Tuesday 30 September at 10:00am - Court 9D - Law Courts Building - Queens Square Sydney

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9d

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15d

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase

The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

www.thehandbasket.co

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