Digital communications
Report
Policy approaches to harmful content online
In March 2019, the Public Policy Forum convened a session featuring two panels on the topic of hate. The first panel presented perspectives of Canadians who have directly experienced acts of hate. The second panel served as an exploratory forum to identify potential solutions to the unique challenges presented by online hate. This summary report...
Discussion paper
Developing standards for artificial intelligence: hearing Australia’s voice
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and conversations around unlocking its true benefits have prompted the development of this discussion paper. Feedback from stakeholders will be used to inform the Standards Australia Artificial Intelligence Roadmap Report, which will be completed in September 2019.
Report
Perception inception: preparing for deepfakes and the synthetic media of tomorrow
Synthetic media technologies have huge potential benefits, but they also have risks. Public awareness of this risk of deception has grown through discussion of one kind of emerging audiovisual technology known as “deepfakes”. This research report considers the wide-ranging social, legal and policy issues arising.
Discussion paper
GST on telecommunications services: issues paper
The New Zealand government has announced changes to the GST treatment of telecommunications services that are to apply from 1 October 2020. This issues paper provides further details of the announcement, specifically the decision to repeal most of the special rules currently in the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 for taxing supplies of telecommunications...
Strategy
The digital inclusion blueprint
The Digital Inclusion Blueprint lays out the government's vision for digital inclusion in New Zealand, the role it will play and steps it will take toward realising this vision.