Xueyin Zha
Biography
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News and media
Xueyin Zha is a doctoral candidate at the Australian National University, researching the global governance of advanced technology. She is also a researcher at ANU's interdisciplinary research project: Humanising Machine Intelligence. Her current research interests span technology regulation, international politics of the digital economy, and technology's role in multiculturalism. She is a regular contributor to the Lowy Institute's online publication, The Interpreter.
Analyses
WeChat's role in Australian democracy: A grassroots view
A new study finds that despite drawbacks, the Chinese messaging app plays a vital role in the democratic participation of Chinese-Australians.
Regulate against the machine
AI is becoming a routine aspect of daily life, but can the law – and informed social policy – truly keep pace?
The unique power of TikTok’s algorithm
Even if the question of control is resolved, this game-changing app may still pose a challenge to democratic norms.
Who’s watching the algorithms?
Facial recognition tech has supercharged surveillance in sometimes troubling ways – and spurred surprising opponents.
What price privacy? Contact tracing apps to combat Covid
Smartphone technology hold the greatest promises in outpacing the virus, but surrendering to surveillance has a price.
The uncertain fate of .org
A profit-free corner of the internet is going through a rapid and controversial process of privatisation.
The Australian lag in tech policy
As European regulators catch up with the digital economy, their Aussie counterparts seem nothing but laid-back.
