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  • 25 Sep 2024
    • Australia
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: On social media for young people, Australia needs to aim higher

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    We have an opportunity to develop a social media approach for young people that is worthy of global export.
  • 18 Sep 2024
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    What Taylor Swift taught the world on the risks of AI-generated images and elections

    Dymples Leong
    Deepfakes can carry a pernicious cost to electoral integrity, trust in institutions and democratic processes.
  • 14 Aug 2024
    • China
    • Defence & Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Beijing’s Baltic confession exposes undersea vulnerability

    Cynthia Mehboob
    While China claims a blunder, its ship cutting a pipeline and cable last year leaves transparency questions aplenty.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: Will governments ever reign in Big Tech?

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Google took a hit in the courts last week, but the ruling might not be as important as the information revealed in the case.
  • 30 Jul 2024
    • E-diplomacy
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: Lessons from when the computer says no

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    The Blue Screen of Death outage this month underscores the need for a multilateral fix to vulnerable digital systems – and maybe more.
  • 3 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Byte-sized diplomacy: AI-enabled elections or deepfake democracy?

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    Having an election doesn’t guarantee a democracy, but you cannot have a democracy without an election.
  • 1 May 2024
    • Australia
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Cultivating a healthy information environment

    Tom Barber , Anastasia Kapetas
    Regulation, yes, but fostering public literacy about social media and credible journalism is also crucial.
  • 11 Aug 2023
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Embracing digitalisation

    Hilman Palaon
    Investment in reskilling can bridge the digital divide.
  • 18 Jul 2023
    • European Union
    • Digital Disruption
    • International law
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges

    Regulating artificial intelligence: How the EU just got us closer

    Melinda Rankin
    In these times of high-tech angst, a new draft Act passed in the European Parliament sets the scene for the future of AI.
  • 11 Jul 2023
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus
    • Digital Disruption
    • Environment
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges

    Existential risk is a whole-of-society challenge

    Tom Barber
    From climate change and pandemics to nuclear war and extinction by AI, collective action will be imperative.
  • 27 Mar 2023
    • Digital Disruption
    • Review

    Binary error: How and why governments need a cyber security rethink

    Ben Scott
    Deterrence of hostile states in cyberspace misses the point when operations concentrate on only “offence” vs “defence”.
  • 25 Sep 2022
    • Russia
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology
    • United Nations

    A neck-and-neck election for the future of the internet

    Mercedes Page
    As the war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse, Russia may still win a vote to reshape the net as we know it.
  • 5 Sep 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Digital Disruption
    • International law
    • Technology

    Web3 is coming – with national security implications, too

    Sasha Fegan
    A new internet for the people and by the people is on the horizon. But decentralised power has its own problems.
  • 9 Aug 2021
    • Cyber Security
    • Digital Disruption

    Disinfopreneurs and infodemics

    Damien Spry
    Black Ops social influence campaigns are big business. Some difficult questions and a few bold ideas are on the table.
  • 9 Sep 2020
    • Cyber Warfare
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    Colourless green content: AI, disinformation and geopolitical risk

    Quinton Temby
    How will you know when a machine has written what you’re reading?
  • 22 Jul 2020
    • China
    • India
    • Australia
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology
    • United States

    Interesting times for TikTok

    Elliott Zaagman
    The debate over banning the social media app hits on big issues of tech, trade and sovereignty.
  • 27 Aug 2019
    • Digital Disruption
    • Rules Based Audio

    Disinformation and democracy: Podcast out now

    Kelsey Munro
    If we are now living in the age of networked disinformation, was the Philippines Patient Zero?
  • 30 Apr 2019
    • Emerging Threats
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology

    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.
  • 24 Jun 2015
    • Digital Disruption

    'LOpht' and the inherent vulnerabilities of the internet

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 19 Jun 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Digital Disruption

    Liberalism, China and the internet

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 16 Jun 2015
    • Digital Disruption

    Not appy in Melanesia

    Amanda Watson
  • 21 May 2015
    • Digital Disruption

    Diplomats, trolls and memes

    John Gooding
  • 18 May 2015
    • Digital Disruption

    ICT companies and internet freedom

    Aim Sinpeng
  • 15 May 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Digital Disruption

    Digital Asia links: Pakistan's cyber bill, Chinese social media, LINE hacking, smartphones in India and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 13 May 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Relations
    • Digital Disruption
    • Foreign Policy
    • E-diplomacy

    Twitter for diplomats: Libya incident illustrates trade-offs

    John Gooding
  • 8 May 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Development Assistance
    • Digital Disruption

    Digital Asia links: Nepal earthquake special

    Danielle Cave
  • 4 May 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and Asia
    • Digital Disruption
    • E-diplomacy

    Beijing's Great Cannon exposes vulnerable Chinese tech firms

    Sarah Logan
  • 1 May 2015
    • Digital Disruption

    Digital Asia links: Internet censorship special

    Danielle Cave
  • 24 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Development Assistance
    • Digital Disruption
    • Foreign Policy
    • E-diplomacy

    Six ideas for rescuing Australian digital diplomacy

    Danielle Cave
  • 20 Apr 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Cyber Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security
    • Digital Disruption
    • E-diplomacy

    Countering ISIS online

    Fergus Hanson
  • 17 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Institutions
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Digital Disruption
    • Foreign Policy
    • E-diplomacy

    Does Australia do digital diplomacy?

    Danielle Cave
  • 16 Apr 2015
    • Digital Disruption

    Digital disruption

    Stephanie Dunstan

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