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Facebook’s Actions Highlight Flaws of Digital Platforms Code
Australia, 18 February 2021: Facebook’s actions today illustrate the level of unchecked power that successive Australian governments have permitted the company to accumulate. Australia needs regulation aimed at curbing this power, yet the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code will entrench Facebook as a vital source of funding for news media organisations in Australia. It also highlights the government’s heavy-handed approach to matters of policy, and its inability…
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Signal Is A Good Start, But Beware
Everyone who has been a long time Signal user has been getting a bunch of notifications recently to let them know that [insert random contact here] has recently joined Signal. It’s all part of the recent exodus to Signal from Whatsapp after it was revealed that Whatsapp is going to start sharing data with Facebook and forcing users to accept the new terms. Elon Musk even helped kick the uptake…
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2020 EFA AGM will be held on 21 November
The Annual General Meeting of Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. will be held on Saturday 21 November 2020, via videoconference, at: 16:00 AEDT (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS) 15:30 ACDT (SA) 15:00 AEST (QLD) 14:30 ACST (NT) 13:00 AWST (WA) The videoconference technology used will be Zoom. Topic: Electronic Frontiers Australia Annual General Meeting 2020Time: Nov 21, 2020 04:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/97256104841?pwd=OTJGUThzbkZOSTdjTkNxTzN5ZVRnQT09 Meeting ID: 972 5610 4841Passcode: 117395 Find…
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Nominations for EFA Board now open
Nominations to serve as Board members of the EFA are open and are due on Friday 23 October 2020. The Annual General Meeting is to be held on Saturday 21 November 2020. The meeting will be held by Zoom. The Constitution dictates that at least five (5) positions are up for election each year and accordingly, there are five (5) Board positions open for election. All currently serving Board member are all eligible to…
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EFA Talks with Stilgherrian
Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes Stilgherrian as guest speaker to EFA Talks… an online lecture series—hosted by Angus Murray, chair of EFA’s policy committee. Stil and Angus will discuss the recently released Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020. Stilgherrian an Australian journalist who’s been covering internet policy for more than a decade, and has been closely following Australia’s cybersecurity and digital surveillance laws, primarily for global tech site ZDNet. He’s a frequent commentator on these issues on radio and TV…
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EFA talks with…Vanessa Teague
Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes Vanessa Teague as guest speaker to EFA Talks… an online lecture series—hosted by Angus Murray, chair of EFA’s policy committee. Vanessa and Angus will discuss the prospects and perils of e-voting systems. Register now for this free event. Vanessa Teague is the CEO of Thinking Cybersecurity and and A/Prof (Adj.) in the Research School of Computer Science at ANU. Her research focuses primarily on cryptographic methods for achieving security and privacy,…
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What We Do
Policy
We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.
Copyright
Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.
Privacy & Security
Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.
Censorship
Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.
Encryption
Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.
Internet Safety
Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.
Surveillance
EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.