Burning Platforms
Welcome to Burning Patforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shae (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts. Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
Episodes
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Burning Platforms dives deep into the common ground between national security and individual privacy with cybersecurity expert Miah Hammond-Errey, host of the Technology and Security podcast.
Also this week:
* Bunnings wrapped over facial recognition
* Trump’s crypto bonanza
* and could the Social Media Ban have a silver lining?
Panelists:
* Digital Rights Watch chair, Lizzie O’Shea,
* Health Engine CEO, Dan Stinton
* and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis
Visit the Centre of the Public Square for more on our work around technology policy.
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Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
The upcoming US Presidential elections will shape - and be shaped by - the Web3 community. We talk with Mark Monfort from the Aus De-Fi Association on what the moment means.
He joins our panel of Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton, digital rights advocate Kate Bower and Peter Lewis from Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Also this week:
* The new front on chat-bot accountability
* Is Emotional Intelligence the next killer app?
* and has AI doomer-ism turned the corner?
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Warning - This episode mentions suicide. If you or anyone you know needs support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or at lifeline.org.au, or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or at beyondblue.org.au/forums.
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
As researchers are locked out of digital platforms, we contemplate a new era of control and secrecy, with responsible tech academic Gina Neff.
She joins our panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie OShea, Choice’s digital campaign lead Rafi Alam and Peter Lewis from Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Also this week:The Social Media Summit takeawaysThe eyes inside our carsAnd the Nobel Prize’s AI extravaganza
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Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Open AI's Sam Altman has launched a new product line with a new business model and a new philosophy. But do they all line up?
Lee Schofield from ‘Future is Now’ with our regular panelists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton.
We also cover
· The fallout from 7-Eleven’s privacy breach
· Misinformation and disinformation laws
· And Mark Zuckerberg’s new Metaverse glasses.
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast.
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Listen to our live virtual town hall briefing to discuss the Federal Government’s much anticipated plans for privacy reform and the launch o the Privacy Now campaign - https://privacynow.org.au/.
With:
Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind
Human Technology Institute director Ed Santow
Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast.
Monday Sep 02, 2024
Monday Sep 02, 2024
What can Only Fans teach us about the internet? Social media academic Emily van der Nagel takes us through her research with content creators and consumers to reveal the logic behind a very different platform.
She joins our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Centre of the Public Square convenor Peter Lewis.
Also this week:
The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
Musicians count the cost of AI; and
What next for the News Media Bargaining Code?
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
In this week's episode if Burning Platforms, the panel dives into the product liability of companion apps with consumer law academia, Jeannie Peterson.
Also this week, they touch on:* the UK riots and platform responsibility* Musk’s X-rated presidential dalliance* and the People’s bid for TiKTok
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast.
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Forget intelligent machines waging war on humans, the real threat could be the amount of energy and water data processing centres are sucking up in the service of AI.
Gordon Noble from UTS’s Institute of Sustainable Futures has been crunching the numbers and it makes for alarming reading.
He joins our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Centre of the Public Square convenor Peter Lewis.
Also this week:
Has the US Supreme Court just granted Big Tech a giant leave pass?
Why is Google still addicted to Cookies?
And could Mark Zuckerberg by right, for once
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast: https://the-town-crier-2.ghost.io/
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
On this week’s Burning Platforms, Peter Lewis launches the “Civility Manifesto” live at the July John Cain Lunch.
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast: https://the-town-crier-2.ghost.io/
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
On this week’s Burning Platforms, we talk with author Tracey Spicer about the biases and contradictions at the heart of Artificial Intelligence.
Our panel of Essential’s Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton also ask:
* who really runs Australian tech policy?
* what does the collapse of US privacy reform mean?
* and why is Dan perplexed about Perplexity?
Join host Peter Lewis next week at the July John Cain lunch, where he will discuss ‘Rebuilding the Public Square.' Wednesday July 17. Join us live in Melbourne or via live stream. Register at humanitix.com
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast.
Buy Tracy's book about AI, MAN-MADE: http://tinyurl.com/2b3wzh8c
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