<![CDATA[Burning Platforms]]>
burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/podcastSubstackTue, 12 May 2026 16:16:56 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/5816249.rssPeter LewisTechnology, democracy and culture in a world on fire: views, news, discussions and discoveries curated by Peter Lewis.episodicPeter Lewisburningplatforms@substack.comNo<![CDATA[Kid Gloves with Carly Kind]]>The Privacy Commissioner takes us through the new code to to give children greater control over their data and how this could open the door for less surveillance for all of us.


 


Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 


 




  • What’s behind the cancellation of RightsCon? 




  • Why did Jack Dorsey lay off 40 per cent of his business?




  • And who wins when two tech overlords go to court?




 


For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/


 



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 


 




  • Who is enabling the Nudify apps?




  • Is there a world beyond the US AI stack?




  • And what on earth is Palintir CEO Alex Karp smoking?




 


For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/


 



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 



  • What role should AI play in Aged Care?

  • Is all the AI Bubble talk just hot air?

  • And how to get into a slinging match with a chat bot?


For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/



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Regular panelists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:



  • Sam Altman’s moments of truth

  • Anthropic’s Maven’s Vuln-pocalypse

  • and the AI Bubble's Overton Window


For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/ 



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 




  • Anthropic’s pitch to Canberra




  • slop-aganda in the Iranian war




  • and a new platform to Surf the fedi-verse




 


For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea,  Per Capita’s Peter Lewis and Cam Wilson from The Sizzle also delve into: 




  • The release of a new privacy code for children




  • Anthropic’s push into Australia




  • and Bernie Sanders' new bill for a moratorium on data centres




 


For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 


 




  • the federal government’s green data centre edict




  • industry’s latest pitch to mine creative data




  • and Open AI’s pivot away from consumer products




 


For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/one-battle-after-another-with-alix-56fburningplatforms.podbean.com/305abd47-51f6-3684-876b-272b1ddd57dbWed, 25 Mar 2026 03:07:17 GMTPeter LewisNo3713<![CDATA[Just Asking with Prof Daniel Angus]]>The Director of QUT’S Digital Media Research Centre outlines how different chatbots take users down different wormholes when they research conspiracy theories.


 

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea and The Sizzle’s Cam Wilson also dig into:




  • How AI is creating new modes of death and destruction in Iran




  • Why Pornhub is pulling out of Australia




  • and Atlassian’s ironic jobs purge




 

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:




  • The Australian Government’s defence deals with Palantir




  • Canadian PM Mark Carney’s call for a Middle Powers LLM




  • and whether agentic AI will eat the internet




 


Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on our research and events.


Per Capita's podcasts are recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.



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Per Capita’s Peter Lewis joins Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and The Sizzle’s Cam Wilson try to make sense of the madness.


And some reading to get you warmed up:


Casey Newton - What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?
HTI - ‘Surveillance Creep’ 
Citrini - The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis 
Dan Kagan-Kans - The Left is missing Out on AI 
Brian Merchant - ‘Actually the Left is Winning the AI Debate'



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They join Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis to also discuss:



  • Mark Zuckerberg’s day in court

  • World-leading workplace laws in NSW

  • and the SASSopcolypse.


Join us in discussing the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit: https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome


Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on of the Centre of the Public Square's research and events.


Per Capita's podcasts are produced on Wurundjeri land.


 


 



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:



 


If you want to hear more from Sir Geoff he will be speaking in Sydney on Feburary 25 https://anzsog.edu.au/events-connection/events/what-next-for-public-innovation-with-geoff-mulgan


 


Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on our research and events.


Per Capita's podcasts are recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.


 


 



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With our regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis, the panel also discuss:

  • Grok’s wild (and gross) summer

  • ChatGTP’s foray into health

  • and Bandcamp’s AI pledge


 
Check our Good Ancestors: https://www.goodancestors.org.au/
 

Join us in discussing the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit: https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome 


Help the Centre of the Public Square fund its research into AI and responsible technology - donate to Per Capita today: https://percapita.org.au/donate/ 



 
 

 



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis discuss:



  • the Government’s AI Plan

  • the Social Media Ban

  • and what to read over summer


Join us in discussing the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit: https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome 


Help the Centre of the Public Square fund its research into AI and responsible technology - donate to Per Capita today: https://percapita.org.au/donate/ 



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/end-of-days-2025-in-review-317burningplatforms.podbean.com/4db69021-3900-382b-aaed-2ada89c34a6aTue, 16 Dec 2025 02:55:46 GMTPeter LewisNo3858<![CDATA[Ground Game with Cory Alpert]]>While the vested interests wrestle with the intricacies of AI regulation, are community library conversations the best bet for shaping our tech future? On this week's episode of Burning Platforms, we meet the academic who is fighting the algorithm with words.


 


Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis will also discuss:




  • Meta’s latest Anti-Trust win




  • The News Media Bargaining Incentive




  • The case for an "AI Slop" Tax




 


Book a ticket for Cory’s late night show: https://events.humanitix.com/system-error-late-night-show


 


Read Lizzie’s Baffler piece: https://thebaffler.com/latest/antitrust-issues-oshea


 


Join us in discussing the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit: https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/ground-game-with-cory-alpert-883burningplatforms.podbean.com/e1c58d6d-8f11-3ae5-a57a-3f778b676979Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:29:16 GMTPeter LewisNo3830<![CDATA[Carbon Footprints with Ketan Joshi]]>How much energy will AI really burn? Climate writer and activist Ketan Joshi joins Burning Platforms to chat AI and Climate: what we know, what we don’t know and what data centres have to do with yogurt tubs.


 


Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:




  • Meta’s sloppy business model




  • Apple’s arranged AI marriage with Google




  • The Federal Government’s AI mission




 


To find out more about Ketan’s work, go to: https://ketanjoshi.co/blog/


 


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:



  • Government blocks text and data mining

  • Human Rights over our brain waves

  • Sam Altman’s w**k-bot


To find out more about RadicalxChange go to: https://www.radicalxchange.org/


 


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome


 


Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on our research and events.
Per Capita's podcasts are recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/radicalxchange-with-jess-scully-234burningplatforms.podbean.com/8a27e67d-42f7-310c-92d4-c345b3c461beTue, 28 Oct 2025 22:42:15 GMTPeter LewisNo3889<![CDATA[How Can Democracy Survive AI? LIVE IN PERTH]]>AI is transforming our world at rapid speed, raising urgent questions about who benefits, who loses, and how we keep control of the future. 


Panellists from the Burning Platforms podcast and guests, explore the promises and pitfalls of AI - and what’s at stake for all Australians.


Panellists include:



  •  Lizzie O’Shea: Human Rights Lawyer & Chairperson, Digital Rights Watch

  •  Peter Lewis: Executive Director, Essential Media & Fellow, Per Capita

  •  Dan Stinton: CEO and Managing Director, Healthengine

  •  Rikki Hendon: Secretary of Unions WA

  •  Kate Chaney MP: Federal Member for Curtin


While the boosters of AI are rushing to transform the world, citizens are being left in the slipstream, with little chance to influence how this new technology takes shape.


AI systems are built by harvesting the ideas and creations of others, often without consent, and are already eroding jobs and reshaping culture on the promise of future productivity.


As the Luddites taught us, the way we adopt technology will be critical to whether it improves people’s lives or cuts a swathe through jobs for the benefit of the few.


Many Australians perceive more risk than upside in this new technology, so why is it being pushed so hard, with so few guardrails or controls in place?


This event is hosted by Digital Rights Watch with support from The Minderoo Foundation.



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:




  • the launch of AI’s new Sora video product




  • the push to sell advertising inside GPTs




  • and how consultants are embracing work slop




 


Join us for our live shows in capital cities around Australia


Adelaide: https://shorturl.at/ojQRX


Perth: events.humanitix.com/democracy-perth


Brisbane: events.humanitix.com/democracy-brisbane


Sydney: events.humanitix.com/democracy-sydney


Melbourne events.humanitix.com/democracy-melbourne


 


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/bursting-bubbles-with-dan-mcquillan-442burningplatforms.podbean.com/64d6a410-e57f-321e-94b6-9356702eb6a0Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:05:37 GMTPeter LewisNo3949<![CDATA[Cooking with Cam Wilson]]>The co-author of ‘Conspiracy Nation’ takes us on his journey into the world of anti-vaxxers, wellness influencers and sovereign citizens.


 


Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:




  • The call for AI Red Lines




  • The rise of Work Slop




  • And Murdoch’s Tik-Tok play.




 


In October we will beholding a series of live shows in capital cities and would love you to come along.


 


Adelaide: https://shorturl.at/ojQRX


Perth: events.humanitix.com/democracy-perth


Brisbane: events.humanitix.com/democracy-brisbane


Sydney: events.humanitix.com/democracy-sydney


Melbourne: events.humanitix.com/democracy-melbourne


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome



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Tech Council of Australia CEO, Damian Kassabgi joins regular panelists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis for the latest episode of Burning Platforms.


 


The show also covers:




  • fresh concerns over age verification






  • the creepy rise of intimate AI companions




  • And Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa’s address to the National Press Club




 


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/tech-check-with-damian-kassabgi-671burningplatforms.podbean.com/64b22d2f-cf2c-348a-8694-cd814154d153Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:46:47 GMTPeter LewisNo3959<![CDATA[Stolen Property with Peter Garrett]]>“I’m concerned that AI and big tech – well, big tech with AI – has gone into a full-court press… particularly on the federal system...I’m concerned that without thinking it through clearly enough, policy makers won’t essentially subject the slogans to sufficient scrutiny.”


 


This week on Burning Platforms, we recorded our special briefing for cultural creators and those who value their work to discuss Big Tech’s push to mine our culture.



Our panel discusses:




  • How AI large language models have been built on the theft of the work of musicians, writers journalists and artists.




  • What the productivity Commission’s proposal to give AI companies a ‘right to mine data’ will do to Australian performers




  • How creatives and citizens can resist the attacks from AI




 


Featuring:




  • AI expert and author Professor Toby Walsh




  • Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett




  • Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea




  • Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen





To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/stolen-property-with-peter-garrett-d32burningplatforms.podbean.com/afc39ff5-7df4-33ea-8705-a41828345799Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:23:07 GMTPeter LewisNo3537<![CDATA[Industrial Base with Minister Tim Ayres]]>New Federal industry and science minister Tim Ayres shares his take on industry policy, AI's opportunities and risks, and how we could steer through the latest wave of tech change.


With regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton, and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome


 



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/industrial-base-with-minister-tim-9f1burningplatforms.podbean.com/6883b338-96bb-3431-b3f5-0a341ae1bd3dWed, 06 Aug 2025 06:35:10 GMTPeter LewisNo3126<![CDATA[Digital New Deal with Johanna Weaver]]>
Johanna Weaver from the Tech Policy Design Institute expands on her recent essay ‘System Update - An Australian-led new deal for tech’ - https://www.australianforeignaffairs.com/essay/2025/06/tech-wars

 


Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis will also discuss:


  • what the new Federal Parliament means for tech


  • how Cloudflare could rewrite the game in copyright


  • and the rise of Satanic Chat Bots


 


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit -  https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/digital-new-deal-with-johanna-weaver-be6burningplatforms.podbean.com/b5ddfad2-dbf2-319e-9f0d-db77d44d3c01Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:48:57 GMTPeter LewisNo3754<![CDATA[Poisoning AI with Prof Toby Walsh]]>The Large Language Models are powered by stolen data but there are new and innovative ways to make the thieves pay. Professor Toby Walsh explains the tech-driven resistance to Big AI from data poisoning to responsible cloud computing.


With panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Editor of the Sizzle Cam Wilson, and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis we also discuss:




  • Qantas’ big data hack




  • Victoria’s foray into AI policing




  • and how Velvet Sunset’s fake music is bringing tears to Peter’s eyes




To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit - https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/poisoning-ai-with-prof-toby-walsh-54bburningplatforms.podbean.com/c4fa694d-02c2-3d59-89f9-1c81b2f6df9dWed, 16 Jul 2025 08:22:50 GMTPeter LewisNo3862<![CDATA[Scammed! With Alex Brooks]]>"I thought old people got scammed. And actually young people are at greater risk because they have more confidence in dealing [with things] online."


This week on Burning Platforms, the team learns how the financial scam industry has become an enthusiastic early adapter of AI and how the banks are working around the clock to ensure they aren’t the ones liable for the ensuing harm. 


With our regular panelists Digital Rights Watch Chair, Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton, Per Capita’s Peter Lewis, who are joined by co-founder of Scams Victims Alliance, Alex Brooks. 


To discuss the issues raised in this episode join us in the Democracy Sandpit. (https://civility.bettermode.io/welcome)


For more about Scams Victims Alliance go to: https://scamvictimalliance.org.au/ 



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On this week's Burning Platforms, our panel spends some quality time with the architect of the Biden Administration’s AI executive order, Dr Alondra Nelson.
 
With regular panelists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton, and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis.
 

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E-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant joins regular panellists Digital Rights Watch founder Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis for our regular dive into the world of tech and politics.



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Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis and joined by Professor Dan Angus from QUT’S Digital Research Centre.



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With Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Per Capita’s Peter Lewis and special guests, Editor of The Sizzle, Cam Wilson and Dr Rys Farthing from Reset Australia.
 
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Reset Australia's work on the Child Online Privacy Code - https://au.reset.tech/news/welcoming-a-children-s-privacy-code/



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Our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:


  • The theory that the Trump Tariffs were cooked up by a chatbot

  • The growing chance that the FTC anti-trust case against Meta is history; and 

  • The backlash against Chat GPT’s appropriation of Studio Ghibli’s acclaimed work.



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With our regular panelists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis.


 


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With regular panelists Per Capita’s Peter Lewis,  Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine Dan Stinton, we'll also look at: 



  • Data Centre Diplomacy

  • will Google’s AI search eat itself?

  • and Digg’s reboot


 


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With the tech overlords in the ascendant, particularly following the US election, we take stock of the impending inferno with our regular panel Per Capita’s Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine Dan Stinton, and special guest, fresh from the Paris AI Summit, Professor Nick Davis from UTS’ Human Technology Institute.


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We also look at:




  • Woolworth's industrial dispute over workplace surveillance




  • Why Meta is building a deep sea cable to India




  • How TikTok was gamed to deliver an election boil over in Romania




 


With regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, HealthEngine 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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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.


 


Support Miah at the TS podcast.


 



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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/strange-bedfellows-d9cburningplatforms.podbean.com/ce6c72d6-12d3-32d1-ad08-5e6b044b3e6dMon, 25 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3946<![CDATA[The Tech-Bro Election]]> 
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.

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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 takeaways
The eyes inside our cars
And the Nobel Prize’s AI extravaganza


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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.


 
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With:



  • Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind





  • Human Technology Institute director Ed Santow




  • Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea



  •  


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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.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/the-nsfw-edition-99fburningplatforms.podbean.com/71857887-8cfc-3cd5-803a-e140e01b71e5Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:46:56 GMTPeter LewisNo3998<![CDATA[Emotional Rescue]]>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


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/emotional-rescue-a8aburningplatforms.podbean.com/49fd3ff3-95b5-3142-9999-a7cd77bf6503Sun, 18 Aug 2024 23:29:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3486<![CDATA[How AI Will Really Destroy The World]]>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.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/how-ai-will-really-destroy-the-world-ef5burningplatforms.podbean.com/7fcf6c1e-738d-3782-badc-928a746d0654Mon, 05 Aug 2024 23:32:19 GMTPeter LewisNo3530<![CDATA[Rebuilding the Public Square - Live]]> 
Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.
 
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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
 
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/man-made-c99burningplatforms.podbean.com/14a46e6c-948d-38dd-850a-60a62719ef1fTue, 09 Jul 2024 23:49:48 GMTPeter LewisNo3461<![CDATA[Plurality]]>This week on Burning Platforms, our regular panel of Essential's Peter Lewis and Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea share a special extended interview with Taiwan’s inaugural Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang and Radical xChange founder Glen Weyl about their new collaborative book, ‘Plurality.’



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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/plurality-f65burningplatforms.podbean.com/d913e567-a1b9-32cc-b62b-30b5f0275f4fMon, 24 Jun 2024 08:50:38 GMTPeter LewisNo3404<![CDATA[Invisible Bystanders]]> 
Also discussed on this week's Burning Platforms:
  •    What does Apple’s deal with open AI mean?

  •    Is Google capturing more of you than you realise?

  •    Can Australian ban election deep fakes?


 
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For our listeners on Apple Podcasts - we had to update our feed link due to technical issues. You can now access Burning Platforms via this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/burning-platforms/id1589024577
 
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/invisible-bystanders-03fburningplatforms.podbean.com/90b1fa46-0529-3ac9-94f0-7efe14e25229Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:00:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3634<![CDATA[Will Google Eat Itself?]]>On this week’s Burning Platforms, host Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton are joined by media and tech commentator Ricky Sutton to dive deep into his analysis of Google’s growing dominance and how it might be its own Achilles Heel.


 


Plus they also ponder whether:
Can Scarlett Johansson save the internet?
Should we impose age limits on social media?
And if should Australia have sovereign AI capability?


 


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Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen joins the regular panelists Essential’s Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton for our fortnightly dive into political tech.


 


They also discuss:


  • Whether Google really cares about our privacy?

  • Can an AI deliver talking points better than a politician?

  • Is the internet already dead?


 
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Also covered: Google’s sacking of workers who protested the companies deployment of its tech stack in Israel and a new wearable that promises to remember everything you say.


 


With special guest, author Tim Dunlop and regular panelists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton. Hosted by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis.


 


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Our panel also discusses:

  • Who is really incognito on Google?


  • Who should deal with the downstream risks of Open AI’s new Voice Engine?


  • And are we Witnessing AI’s first acts of genocide?


 


With Peter Lewis from Essential, Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’SHea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton.

 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/in-moderation-c3bburningplatforms.podbean.com/0aa3dc1d-a00d-36f0-aa98-f5a8730cf1bbTue, 16 Apr 2024 00:35:41 GMTPeter LewisNo3738<![CDATA[Mind-Reading for Dummies]]>Welcome back to Burning Platforms – a podcast about the politics of technology - from our new home at Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.


 


Burning Platforms takes a deep dive into AI-generated mind reading with Michael Blumenstein, Deputy Dean at UTS’s’ Faculty of Engineering and IT.


 


Plus:



  • Is Trump’s "Truth Social" the Ultimate Deal?




  • Are new EU Competition Laws a Big Tech game-changer?




  • And should ‘Post and Boast’ Laws be Toast?




 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/mind-reading-for-dummies-562burningplatforms.podbean.com/7efed90b-0f83-38fd-b2a5-7937a1be9879Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:43:25 GMTPeter LewisNo3768<![CDATA[The Code 2.0 with Belinda Barnett]]>Welcome back to Burning Platforms – a podcast about the politics of technology - from our new home at Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.


 


This week, Peter, Lizzie, and Dan dive deep into Meta's threat to pull news from Australia and what it will mean to journalism and whether the compromise required to create the News Media Bargaining Code will become the seeds of its destruction. 


 


Also: 
* Is banning TikTok the next global border war?
* Are self-driving cars jumping the tech shark?
* Is a free AI course really 'scholarship?'


 


The Burning Platforms panel was joined by academic, Belinda Barnett.


 


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For our first episode for 2024, Peter, Lizzie, and Dan will discuss the federal governments new doxxing laws, Open AI's latest product, Sora, and question whether LinkedIn is the "last platform standing".


 


We're also joined by Deep Dive/Guest: Nick Suzor,  Law Professor at QUT Digital Media Research Centre and member of Meta’s Oversight Board, to chat about new book Lawless: the secret rules that govern our digital lives.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/judging-meta-with-dr-nick-suzor-610burningplatforms.podbean.com/cd0175bc-0342-36df-9998-fce808d36b47Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:50:22 GMTPeter LewisNo3872<![CDATA[Faking It]]>Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


As the world races to regulate artificial intelligence and machine learning, we’re joined by Professor Toby Walsh, Chief Scientist at the University of New South Wales and author of new book 'Faking It', to expose all of A.I.’s tricks and lies.


 



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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/faking-it-71633d2021f-b040-41c2-be33-b0b201566b4bMon, 06 Nov 2023 20:48:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3399<![CDATA[Tech Horror Stories]]>Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


This episode of Burning Platforms looks at the march of AI through the prism of dystopias with critic and writer Richard King, author of 'Here Be Monsters'.


 



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On this episode the panel is joined for an intimate discussion with the self described ‘emotional intelligent’ AI chatbot, Pi.


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/alp-live-hack-5dfee0d0d66-c9c2-450a-bb10-b065002d1ea0Mon, 21 Aug 2023 02:46:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3224<![CDATA[’Cookers’ in their underpants - The Voice and social media]]>Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


With The Voice to Parliament referendum campaign in full swing, we examine the role that digital platforms play in influencing the discussion.


 


Our panel is joined special guest Queensland University of Technology Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Axel Bruns.


 



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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/cookers-in-their-underpants-the-voice-495315b3d13-cf47-44c1-9362-b04f016b6ab6Sun, 30 Jul 2023 22:07:00 GMTPeter LewisNo2996<![CDATA[True Lies - Can we regulate disinformation?]]>Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


This episode, we are joined by Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication from LaTrobe University to dissect ACMA's proposed new disinformation powers, and ask the question, 'Can we actually regulate disinformation?'


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/true-lies-can-we-regulate-disinformation-5bfa7387e80-d468-443d-9385-b045018a05b1Thu, 20 Jul 2023 23:58:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3181<![CDATA[Living With AI]]>Technology described as artificial intelligence is becoming more pervasive, with AI algorithms transforming science and industry, along with our everyday lives. But what is AI really? Is it truly intelligent? Is it always a benignly useful modern-world companion?


 


Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


This week, the Burning Platforms panel unpack this and more with AI academic Campbell Wilson on his new book 'Living with AI'.


 


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Burning Platforms speaks with academic Katharine Kemp about her work tracking the data-harvesting of fertility apps.


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And don't forget to vote for our SXSW proposal.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/public-interest-data-ecefa28d5a7-e58c-4caa-b009-afcc015968ddTue, 21 Mar 2023 21:01:00 GMTPeter LewisNo2855<![CDATA[Identity Crisis]]>After the string of hacks in late 2022 the government has developed a new online identity wallet. What is the logic behind it? Will it provide better privacy for citizens? And should we trust government with our data anyway?


 


Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


 


This week Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton are joined by Professor Ed Santow, Director for Policy & Governance at the Human Technology Institute, and Industry Professor for Responsible Technology at the University of Technology Sydney.


 



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This week, we speak with Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow, authors of new book 'Chokepoint Capitalism' and explore how creatives can break free of Big Tech and Big Content


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/burning-platforms-live-in-melbourne-25ddbf1a06b-3aad-4efe-bd41-af70015c76ecMon, 19 Dec 2022 21:11:00 GMTPeter LewisNo2191<![CDATA[The End of the (Big Tech) World as we know it]]>Twitter is imploding before our eyes under Elon Musk, Meta is shedding staff and stock prices, and the crypto winter freezes out more people as FTX collapses. Is this the end of the (Big Tech) world as we know it? And are we all feeling fine? What will happen next?


 


Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 
Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton for this week's analysis of the politics of technology from around the world.


 



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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-big-tech-world-as-94591ded717-d4be-478a-8e85-af5a0183bde4Sun, 27 Nov 2022 23:43:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3518<![CDATA[Navigating the Metaverse]]>Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


As we move deeper into the new phases of the internet should we be building in guardrails and redlines around this new technology?


And even if we should, can we? 


 


This week, the Burning Platform panel deep dives into the metaverse with the Founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, Dr Catriona Wallace.


 



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As the tech harms pile up and change us and our society, we deep dive into a new book 'Disconnect - why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it' which showcases online conspiracy theorists, freedom fighters, trolls, screen addicts and more and we will unpack whether our current tech landscape is inevitable or if there's a better way forward.


 


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Burning Platforms asks - will these build transport systems for the better or worse? With special guest Paris Marx, Author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation, and host of 'Tech Won't Save Us'.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/dead-end-how-tech-is-driving-gridlock-6aa0f8a27d3-cca9-4f2a-a41e-af30015a552fSun, 16 Oct 2022 21:02:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3358<![CDATA[Breached As - the Optus data leak]]>Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


This episode we look at the huge data breach at Optus, and ask whether this breach is a feature or a bug of a world where mass data collection has now been normalised.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/breached-as-the-optus-data-leak-349472fe9ee-c182-4ded-b770-af2301695898Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:02:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3131<![CDATA[The Dark Arts of Online Advertising]]>Burning Platforms goes under Big Tech’s hood with new research into the increased opacity of online advertising - and the impact of that secrecy on public discourse.


With special guests:


  • Nicholas Carah, Associate Professor at University of Queensland

  • Aimee Brownbill, Senior Research and Policy Advisor at Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/the-dark-arts-of-online-advertising-f529e1a9df2-822c-47b0-b38f-af14016af0fbSun, 18 Sep 2022 22:03:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3333<![CDATA[Algorithmic Asylum]]>With a proliferation of wellness technologies, the human mind is emerging as the latest frontier in the spread of tech solutionism.


This week’s Burning Platforms digs deep into a new report ‘Digital Futures in the Mind’ which looks at how algorithmic solutions can have both a positive and negative impact on mental health.


Our special guest is report co-author Dr. Piers Gooding from Melbourne University Law School.


 


With a proliferation of wellness technologies, the human mind is emerging as the latest frontier in the spread of tech solutionism.


This week’s Burning Platforms digs deep into a new report ‘Digital Futures in the Mind’ which looks at how algorithmic solutions can have both a positive and negative impact on mental health.


Our special guest is report co-author Dr. Piers Gooding from Melbourne University Law School.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/algorithmic-asylum-e45fdb85bbd-0b02-4bf6-959a-af0601660edeSun, 04 Sep 2022 21:45:00 GMTPeter LewisNo2933<![CDATA[Civilising the ’Tech-Bro’]]> 
On this episode Peter, Lizzie, and Dan speak with technology writer and commentator, Maria Farrell, about the power dynamics of tech advocacy and her concept of a ‘duty of hope’.

 


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Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 
 
This week, join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton, as they speak with NSW Greens Senator and spokesperson for Digital Rights and IT David Shoebridge.
 
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This week, the Burning Platforms panel deep dive into the complex and exciting world of cybernetics with Associate Professor Ellen Broad from the Australian National University School of Cybernetics and member of the Australian Government's Data Advisory Council.
 

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This week the Burning Platform's panel dive deep into the impact of home-sharing platform Airbnb on the property market with Trish Burt, convenor of Neighbours Not Strangers, who has been fighting a one-woman war against Airbnb for years, calling out policies that privilege the interests of property owners over renters and undermine local communities.
 
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This episode will dive deep into the risk of unfettered AI following the release of a major report regarding the use of Facial Recognition Technology in Australia.
 
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/private-eyes-af71bb556a8-6ccf-46a8-9847-4919ec4896eaMon, 27 Jun 2022 03:12:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3342<![CDATA[Introducing ’Civility’]]> 
On this week's episode, Peter Lewis is joined by David Swan, (Technology Editor, The Australian), Samantha Floreani (Program Lead, Digital Rights Watch), to introduce ‘Civility’ - a new collaborative platform designed to create better public engagement - with its co-founder, Nicholas Davis.
 
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In the last Burning Platforms before the Australian Federal Election, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton run the rule over the policies being offered up by the major parties.
 
Is it just Coke vs. Pepsi? Or are there bigger ideas at play?

 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/the-peoples-choice-d2b64905622-6b86-48bb-8cb5-5320b3520104Mon, 16 May 2022 05:52:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3327<![CDATA[Deus Ex Machina]]> 
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 
 
This week, the Burning Platforms panel dives deep into the amorality of AI with a special discussion with Professor Toby Walsh, author of the new book ‘Machines Behaving Badly’.
 
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On this week’s episode, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton dive deep into digital addiction: are we being played? And what can we do to get ourselves off the bad stuff?

 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/are-we-addicted-to-tech-2cedac57204-9bdc-40cc-b745-b9980e4271a9Fri, 15 Apr 2022 03:14:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3260<![CDATA[Pandemic Tech]]>

 


Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


 


On this week's episode Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, Dan Stinton, and guest Dr Mark Andrejevic (Monash Data Futures Institute) look at the technology of the Pandemic and what new models are likely to emerge.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/pandemic-tech-bbf043437e6-6679-452a-ace8-634220a059bdSun, 03 Apr 2022 23:42:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3038<![CDATA[The Rise of the Splinternet]]> 
 
This week, the Burning Platforms panel (Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton) are joined by former president of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Paul Twomey to outline how competing models of state control over online communications are challenging the very essence of the internet.

 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-splinternet-8ceaffac628-beb1-4281-81de-a6800f1f8e9fSun, 20 Mar 2022 23:48:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3061<![CDATA[True Lies: Disinformation in an election year]]>

 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/true-lies-disinformation-in-an-election-da703b88855-c9b3-4983-97a6-e6d161b65badSun, 06 Mar 2022 21:55:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3407<![CDATA[Facebook news takedown anniversary]]> 

On this week's episode, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton mark 12 months from the Facebook news takedown and review the progress of the News Media Bargaining Code with guest Terry Flew (Professor of Digital Communication & Culture, University of Sydney).

 
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/facebook-news-takedown-anniversary-fb168effdc5-0cb6-461c-8272-abe817a7401eSat, 19 Feb 2022 21:37:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3333<![CDATA[Inquiry into Social Media and Online Safety]]> 
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 
 
Burning Platforms is back for 2022, as Peter Lewis dissects the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into international digital platforms operated by Big Tech companies with deputy chair Tim Watts MP.

 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/inquiry-into-social-media-and-online-cc6a1a10209-23e5-4ed0-9e0f-3a817ccd8a61Mon, 07 Feb 2022 01:26:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3552<![CDATA[The Public Square Project book launch]]> 
The conflict sparked a new sense of urgency around the growing movement to imagine alternative digital spaces that operate in the public interest rather than simply for a commercial bottom line.
 
The Public Square Project draws together leading tech scholars, industry experts, writers and activists to chart a path towards a public square worthy of the name.

 


Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/the-public-square-project-book-launch-2b417a43461-efaf-4da9-b7c9-44edcfdb5a5eMon, 20 Dec 2021 21:28:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3178<![CDATA[Whatever happened to the free web?]]>

 


Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O' Shea, and Dan Stinton, with guest, Elaine Pearson (Asia Director at Human Rights Watch), for this week's analysis of the politics of technology from around the world.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-the-free-web-849555e20e8-2235-46e9-bb75-f4cbaaa33652Sun, 05 Dec 2021 21:17:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3404<![CDATA[What’s the go with DuckDuckGo?]]> 
But DuckDuckGo has proven that you can build a search engine that's not based on user surveillance.

 


Welcome to Burning Patforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton (managing director of Guardian Australia) for this week's analysis of the politics of technology from around the world.


 
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/whats-the-go-with-duckduckgo-87cf7e811d6-e453-43bb-b3f6-542a19a1d335Sun, 21 Nov 2021 21:06:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3335<![CDATA[Can technology really save the planet?]]> 
On this week's Burning Platforms, Peter Lewis and guests, Lizzie O'Shea (founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch) and Benedetta Brevini (journalist and Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney), dives deep into the environmental impacts of technology.

 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/can-technology-really-save-the-planet-f8bb3791a96-f4a5-47e3-b94e-55b83968b90dWed, 10 Nov 2021 05:48:00 GMTPeter LewisNo2454<![CDATA[Sovereign platforms vs. Sovereign nations]]>

 


Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.


 


Join Peter Lewis and guest, Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow, Department of Human Centred Computing - Monash Data Futures Institute, for this week's analysis of the politics of technology from around the world.


 


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/sovereign-platforms-vs-sovereign-1cf9c80c147-31c4-440b-bbb2-70d4fc1ac1e3Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:37:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3294<![CDATA[Privacy isn’t boring: Online Privacy in Australia]]>With a review of the Privacy Act expected soon, and the Facebook whistleblower revealing Facebook's privacy breaches among other things, we take a deep dive into the legal frameworks for entrenching digital data rights into Australian law. From informed consent to data matching and security, is the traditional approach to privacy applicable to the online world?


 


Welcome to Burning Patforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. 


 


Our regular panellists:


  • Peter Lewis, Former Director of The Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology

  • Lizzie O' Shea, Chair of Digital Rights Watch


And special guests:


  • Anna Johnston, Director at Salinger Privacy

  • David Swan, journalist at The Australian


Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/privacy-isnt-boring-online-privacy-e37442ec162-ebc4-478b-a9a7-4ae825ab7278Fri, 08 Oct 2021 08:32:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3369<![CDATA[The algorithms that rule Australia]]>Welcome to Burning Platforms, a new fortnightly podcast that unpacks the latest developments in technology from around the world.


This fortnight we explore algorithms that rule Australia, how we are increasingly outsourcing policy and governance to algorithms. We will look at how facial recognition, robo-planning and robo-welfare are entering our policy environments. This and more in the always busy world of tech! Brought to you by the Centre for Responsible Technology.


Regular panellists:


  • Peter Lewis, Former Director of The Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology

  • Lizzie O' Shea, Chair of Digital Rights Watch, and

  • Dan Stinton, Managing Director of Guardian Australia


And special guests:


  • Ed Santow, Industry Professor Responsible Technology at UTS and former Human Rights Commissioner

  • Marie Johnson, CEO of the Centre for Digital Business


Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.


 



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burningplatforms.substack.com]]>https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/the-algorithms-that-rule-australia-ba564ae82eb-e737-4181-bc67-9f61c5581b6cTue, 05 Oct 2021 03:05:00 GMTPeter LewisNo3359