ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…