ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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Electronic Frontiers Australia Condemns Meta’s New ‘Muse’ AI Traffic in Australian Likenesses via Deceptive Dark Patterns
Electronic Frontiers Australia has issued an urgent warning to Australian social media users following the rollout of Meta’s latest AI tool, ‘Muse Image’. The feature routinely exploits public Instagram accounts by allowing anyone to co-opt and alter a person’s facial likeness using a simple text tag, without prior consent or…
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Electronic Frontiers Australia joins global launch of Stop Killing the Internet
EFA has joined the launch of Stop Killing the Internet, a new global movement for a better internet: open, private, free, accessible, democratic and shaped by communities. See here: Stop Killing the Internet Stop Killing the Internet brings together organisations, communities, legal networks, political groups, unions, parties, creators, technologists, public figures…
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EFA condemns WA Police deployment of live facial recognition — an Australian first
23 June 2026 – Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has strongly condemned the Western Australia Police Force’s deployment of live facial recognition technology in public spaces. In this Australian first, a marked police van will be used outside major events and in crowded areas to scan the faces of people walking…
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2026 Australian Community Attitudes to Privacy Survey: Insights from a Digital Rights Perspective
This post was written by John Pane, board chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s latest Australian Community Attitudes to Privacy Survey, released on 28 May, provides a comprehensive overview of privacy attitudes and experiences among people in Australia and how they have been impacted…
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No Press Freedom Without Digital Freedom
World Press Freedom Day reminds us that democracy depends on people being able to speak, report, and scrutinise power without fear. Journalists expose corruption, inform the public, and hold institutions to account. In 2026, many of the most serious threats to press freedom are digital. Today, press freedom depends not…
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World IP Day 2026: Copyright, Creativity, and the Future of AI in Australia
Written by Julian Watchorn, Vice-Chair, Electronic Frontiers Australia. On World Intellectual Property Day, we are reminded that copyright is not a barrier to innovation: it is one of the systems that helps make innovation possible. In 2026, that system is under pressure. As governments accelerate investment in artificial intelligence, there…
