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Online political communication—does this post need to be authorised?
While it seems unlikely that unaware members of the public will face big fines from the AEC for their political Facebook posts, voters, donors and campaigners should familiarise themselves with the new rules, writes Damon Muller.
Report
Report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election
The US Department of Justice has released a redacted copy of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. This report covers subjects ranging from questions about Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election to whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Scott Morrison said hate content on social media could be automatically screened out by algorithms. Is he correct?
The Federal Government has put social media companies on notice after the Christchurch massacre for failing to prevent the shooter's actions being broadcast and promoted online. But can algorithms automatically block hate content, as the Prime Minister cl
Report
Online harm reduction – a statutory duty of care and regulator
In 2018-2019 Woods and Perrin developed a public policy proposal to improve the safety of some users of internet services in the United Kingdom through a statutory duty of care enforced by a regulator. Their work, under the aegis of Carnegie UK Trust, took the form of many blog posts, presentations and seminars. This paper...
Report
Climate change, conflict and security scan: analysis of current thinking
This 'scan' aims to help policy-makers, practitioners and academics who are short on time get to grips with the range of literature, discourse and social media coverage of the intersection of resilience, climate change, conflict and security.