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Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law

Australia still uses a law from 1979 to govern metadata, with more than 100 amendments. This leaves loopholes that various agencies can exploit and...
Lyria Bennett Moses

Algorithms and prejudice

Allens Hub director Lyria Bennett Moses speaks to The Saturday Paper about the complications of using algorithms for justice.

Genna Churches

The Power of Metadata and why current laws may not be protecting us

Why should we care about our metadata?  Listen to Allens Hub member Genna Churches speak to ABC Radio 

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To Forget, But Not Forgive: Why the CJEU’s Latest Ruling on Google and the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ is Not at All a Win for US Tech Giants

Google has recently triumphed in the fight against a worldwide application of the European “right to be forgotten”. blog by Hub research fellow...
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Taking dispute resolution online

Online dispute resolution or ODR is fast becoming a buzzword – but what does it mean? What are the world’s courts and tribunals doing in the online...

Anton Didenko

The gloves are off: Libra as the perfect catalyst for new central bank digital currencies

In his keynote speech at the Singapore FinEdTech Conference 2019 Allens Hub researcher Anton Didenko discussed the impact of Facebook’s Libra...

Heejin Kim

Hub welcomes new Cyber Security Law & Policy Fellow

The arrival of Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre funded fellow, Dr. Heejin Kim, will help us understand how Australia’s cyber security...

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Data as a source of market power stream contributes to EU debate

Data as a Source of Market Power co-lead, Rob Nicholls presented to the International Congress on The Digital Economy: Regulatory, Contractual and...