Tag: Jordan Guiao

The ‘tech winter’ shows how naive we are

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
The tech industry has had a rollercoaster year so far. Tens of thousands have been laid off from the largest tech companies, media darling startups have declared bankruptcy and...

Towards a more mature and nuanced tech narrative

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
On LinkedIn, Braden Wallake, the chief executive of the social media company HyperSocial, posted a photograph of himself crying. He had just fired two of his 17 employees. The...

Misinformation remains a vexed policy problem

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
A review of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation – Australia’s answer to defence against misinformation online is currently underway. A year since being developed by...

Memo to next govt: Technology reform is a core agenda item

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
As the federal election looms, the final bursts of campaign fervor, news coverage and election chatter spreads nationally. For many people, this information is disseminated on online platforms and...

Twouble for Twitter: Elon Musk and the public square

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
After an uncertain back and forth with Twitter over a potential acquisition of the company, Elon Musk successfully concluded negotiations to acquire Twitter for US$44 billion (A$61 billion). Many...

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Digital rights groups have blasted Facebook’s latest commitment to clean up the federal election as a “bandaid” measure framed in a way to avoid more scrutiny of the company’s...