Judith Ireland
Education Editor at The Conversation (Australia)
Deputy Editor at Inside Story
Journalist etc. Education editor @conversationEDU
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Sep 13, 2024 |
dailybulletin.com.au | Judith Ireland
The Albanese government has announced it will introduce a social media ban for children. The government has not yet nominated a minimum age but is trialling age-assurance mechanisms for those aged 13–16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the legislation will be introduced this year. This follows criticism from a range of experts, who argue it will be difficult to enforce and does not take into account the positive impacts of social media for young people.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
startupdaily.net | Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani |Sue Parker |Judith Ireland
Facebook acknowledged in a Senate inquiry yesterday that it is scraping the public photos of Australian users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. Facebook’s parent company Meta claims this excludes data from users who have marked their posts as “private”, as well as photos or data from users under the age of 18. Since companies such as Meta aren’t required to tell us what data they use or how they use it, we will have to take their word for it.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
startupdaily.net | Sue Parker |Simon Thomsen |Judith Ireland |Matt Garrow
Canva’s billionaire CEO and cofounder Melanie Perkins will kick off the conversations at South by Southwest Sydney (SXSW) next month, sitting down with one of the smartest minds in US venture capital, BOND’s Mary Meeker, to talk about her success. The duo will take the SXSW Sydney stage on Monday, October 14, to discuss Canva’s evolution from an idea to a global phenomenon worth $39 billion private company in just a decade. Meeker is the founder of BOND, and a Canva investor.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
startupdaily.net | Sue Parker |Simon Thomsen |Judith Ireland |Matt Garrow
Generative AI and ChatGTP have their fans, but if you really want to excite someone, enlist technology to make their daily lives easier. And that’s just what The Laundry Lady, an online marketplace that deals with the drudgery of a washing, has done, bringing tech and innovation to a market we’re going to call household chores as a service.
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Sep 11, 2024 |
ia.acs.org.au | Judith Ireland |Matt Garrow
The Albanese government has announced it will introduce a social media ban for children. The government has not yet nominated a minimum age but is trialling age-assurance mechanisms for those aged 13–16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the legislation will be introduced this year. This follows criticism from a range of experts, who argue it will be difficult to enforce and does not take into account the positive impacts of social media for young people.
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