ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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EFA Talks with Malcolm Crompton and Nijole Naujokas – The many dimensions of Mass Surveillance
In this EFA Talks we discuss the many dimensions of mass surveillance from the cashless society to immunity passports. What would a cashless society look like? Can privacy survive with this constant, ever-growing push for total surveillance ? Can democracy even exist? This event was held on Wednesday, 31 March,…
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Program Coordinator – Contract Role
This year EFA celebrates 26 years of advocating for the digital rights of all Australians. To support the work of the organisation, board, policy team, and volunteers we are looking for a task coordinator to manage daily operations of outward facing project related tasks. This is a paid contractor role…
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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…