19 May 2020 Covid-19 chaos creates fertile ground for cyberattacks Gordon Kang Major events that capture population attention, whether pandemics or elections, are ripe for manipulation.
14 May 2020 Covid-19 and the acceleration of state surveillance Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman The pandemic has suddenly made the unthinkable acceptable. Data and privacy may never be the same.
7 May 2020 Digital declarations: Political ads on PNG social media must be clear Shane McLeod Local politicians are deploying Facebook’s paid advertising tools. The dominant social platform should take a hard look.
29 Apr 2020 Information warfare in the theatre of Covid-19 Damien Spry Viral misinformation thrives amid the very conditions we see today – a lesson China appears to have identified.
29 Apr 2020 Beyond the buzz: A primer on swarms Maaike Verbruggen Militarised and ready for battle, artificial intelligence could bring new numbers of drones to the fight – eventually.
29 Apr 2020 Back to the future: Keeping Australian air lines of communication open David Brewster Not for the first time Australia is cut off from the world. Government has an essential role in preserving a connection.
20 Apr 2020 The Nth Room case and modern slavery in the digital space Nicole de Souza South Korea is again confronted by an example of women being exploited – and the global challenge of misused technology.
16 Apr 2020 What price privacy? Contact tracing apps to combat Covid Xueyin Zha Smartphone technology hold the greatest promises in outpacing the virus, but surrendering to surveillance has a price.
3 Apr 2020 The danger meme: Countering visual disinformation in Asia’s politics Jennifer Yang Hui The Covid-19 “infodemic” has made plain the risks from ill-intended videos and photos. This is true for elections, too.
30 Mar 2020 Doom surfing and fact checkers prosper in Covid-19 infodemic Alexandra Wake With so much information swirling around, especially on social media, just what should we believe?
25 Mar 2020 Disinformation and coronavirus Natasha Kassam The dilution of information on the internet is currently posing a risk to global health and safety.
17 Mar 2020 The uncertain fate of .org Xueyin Zha A profit-free corner of the internet is going through a rapid and controversial process of privatisation.
28 Feb 2020 Is media literacy the magic bullet for fake news? Tom Ascott The continued threat of misinformation online demands real solutions.
25 Feb 2020 “Coordinated inauthentic behaviour”: Facebook haunts US democracy Damien Spry Facebook has gone through the motions of fighting disinformation, but not enough to matter – or to risk its profits.
14 Jan 2020 The Australian lag in tech policy Xueyin Zha As European regulators catch up with the digital economy, their Aussie counterparts seem nothing but laid-back.
13 Jan 2020 Australia’s new strategic geography Mark O'Neill The “sea-air gap” has collapsed amid the proliferation of technologies that are agnostic about distance and domain.
27 Dec 2019 Best of The Interpreter 2019: Technology The Interpreter The digital age has brought its share of wonders, but it has also created whole new realms of confusion, and rivalry.
10 Dec 2019 Share, like, comment, attack: Social media as weapon and battlefield Damien Spry Parliament will examine threat of foreign actors using social media to cajole, harass, hoodwink, and exploit the public.
3 Dec 2019 As Facebook caves to Singapore censorship, the writing is on the wall Kirsten Han The tech giant’s capitulation, while unsurprising, sets an ominous precedent that others would be happy to follow.
27 Nov 2019 The Nazi in your feed: Regulating social media and hate speech Sarah Logan A boundary-pushing comedian calls out tech giants for ignoring social responsibility as they profit off disinformation.
8 Nov 2019 Beijing’s cryptic blockchain gambit Elliott Zaagman The technology has enormous potential to support good governance. The Party may have something else in mind.
18 Oct 2019 Are free trade deals expanding a digital divide? Rahul Nath Choudhury E-commerce is a big feature of regional trade talks, but developing countries should be wary of the pitfalls.
23 Aug 2019 Deep fakes could have real consequences for Southeast Asia Erin Cook <p>In a fractuous political climate, video manipulation threatens to play havoc with democracy.</p>
21 Aug 2019 Battleground states: Twitter and Facebook ban Chinese-linked accounts Sarah Logan It’s not only the complications of international politics here, but the commercial desire to keep platforms “social”.
20 Aug 2019 All may not be smooth along China’s Digital Silk Road Chan Jia Hao Tech transfers allow emerging economies to leapfrog a development stage but may not guarantee competitive advantage.
23 Jul 2019 Cyber threats go beyond hackers and scams but to democracy itself Sian Troath , Zac Rogers , Maryanne Kelton As awareness of digital vulnerabilities grows, fostering resilience against exploitation across open societies is key.
15 Jul 2019 Remembering the Moonwalk Morris Jones It was the moment humans first stepped on another world, yet after the Apollo missions, why haven’t people been back?
4 Jul 2019 The “new era” of digital authoritarianism Dirk van Graver A growing online divide has curbed freedom of expression and opinion but it’s not time to surrender to a “splinternet”.
24 Jun 2019 The transformative potential of big data Miah Hammond-Errey But collecting ever more information might just end up posing ever more difficult questions.
18 Jun 2019 Are we ready for a rare earths trade war? Jeffrey Wilson As China holds extraordinary power over material essential to high-tech products, Australia is key to diversification.
5 Jun 2019 The Pacific’s social politics Alastair Davis Damaging rumours might flash across phones, yet the answer to social media trouble lies not in bans but engagement.
28 May 2019 Huawei and the decoupling dilemma Darren Lim , Victor Ferguson If Washington wants to liberalise China’s economy, it must also accept China’s deeper integration with global markets.
21 May 2019 China’s Digital Silk Road and stopping divergent technology standards Chan Jia Hao Existing international organisations cannot afford to diminish their multilateral role of connecting nations digitally.
3 May 2019 Huawei reaches into Britain Kerry Brown A British minister’s harsh career lesson might also expose the Western mindset of perpetual technological superiority.
30 Apr 2019 Paradigm shift: Understanding propaganda in the digital age Zac Rogers , Emily Bienvenue , Maryanne Kelton Digital age propaganda represents a new form of public manipulation with endless possibilities.
9 Apr 2019 Can technology save ASEAN’s food supplies from climate change? Frederick Kuo A pressing need to feed a big population with little agricultural land and shirking fish stocks could spur innovation.
28 Mar 2019 Stockholm Syndrome: social media can shape China’s foreign policy Thomas Olsen-Boyd Social media is sometimes deployed as a weapon but public attitudes can – and have – cut both ways for Beijing.
13 Mar 2019 If 5G takes a little longer in Australia, all the better Zac Rogers The online environment is fundamentally toxic and piecemeal solutions will continue to fail to protect the vulnerable.
11 Mar 2019 An Australian model for the renewable-energy transition Andrew Blakers Australia is on track for deep and rapid greenhouse emissions reductions. Most countries can follow the same path.
22 Feb 2019 The new Middle Eastern space race Morris Jones <p>Israel’s mission to the moon is indicative of a trend where spaceflight in the Middle East is linked to politics.</p>
21 Feb 2019 The tremendous impact of a US-China investment and technology war Michael Thawley The impending bifurcation of the world internet economy will disrupt many industries, companies and national economies.
20 Feb 2019 Responding to cyber attacks: resilience and transparency is key Dirk van Graver Yes, Australia’s security was tested, but keeping it secret won’t help the public accept inevitable dangers to networks.
18 Feb 2019 Mark Zuckerberg and the revolt of the public Martin Gurri The social media network is a battleground in a sociopolitical conflict, prompting fractures and heresies within elites.
6 Feb 2019 Facebook’s first 15 years and lessons for diplomacy Damien Spry <p>Diplomacy has not found facebook to be an easy or effective way to improve engagement across borders.</p>
10 Dec 2018 Dimly lit renewable energy initiatives for the Pacific Alexandre Dayant , Michael Nguyen <p>Population, technical capacity and economies of scale stand in the way to renewable energy in the region.</p>
28 Nov 2018 Asia’s space sale Morris Jones Spaceflight across Asia has advanced tremendously in recent decades, and a new trend is evolving.
22 Nov 2018 Beijing’s online gaming clampdown Elliott Zaagman Chinese government regulations may be irreversibly damaging some of its most innovative and profitable industries.
30 Oct 2018 Disinformation campaigns and US elections Sarah Logan Alerted and (hopefully) alarmed, the new US tactic to scare off Russian interference won’t stop online trolls at home.
17 Oct 2018 Daylight robbery: cyber escapades of North Korea Elise Thomas Everyone knows Pyongyang’s criminal hackers are hard at work – but what nobody knows is how to stop them.
17 Oct 2018 China: how big tech is learning to love the party Elliott Zaagman The Communist Party has cemented its presence in leading tech firms, heralding a new age for private companies.