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Burning Platforms

Per Capita Australia

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts. Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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48:52

Algorithmic Asylum

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2022/09/04

With a proliferation of wellness technologies, the human mind is emerging as the latest frontier in the spread of tech solutionism. This week’s Burning Platforms digs deep into a new report ‘Digital Futures in the Mind’ which looks at how algorithmic solutions can have both a positive and negative impact on mental health. Our special guest is report co-author Dr. Piers Gooding from Melbourne University Law School. With a proliferation of wellness technologies, the human mind is emerging as the

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55:25

Civilising the ’Tech-Bro’

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2022/08/21

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. On this episode Peter, Lizzie, and Dan speak with technology writer and commentator, Maria Farrell, about the power dynamics of tech advocacy and her concept of a ‘duty of hope’. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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50:26

The Balance of (Tech) Power

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2022/08/07

In this new progressive Australian government, where do the fault lines lie when it comes to digital rights? Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This week, join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton, as they speak with NSW Greens Senator and spokesperson for Digital Rights and IT David Shoebridge. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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48:01

Cybernetics

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2022/07/24

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This week, the Burning Platforms panel deep dive into the complex and exciting world of cybernetics with Associate Professor Ellen Broad from the Australian National University School of Cybernetics and member of the Australian Government's Data Advisory Council. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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49:55

Home Truths

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2022/07/11

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This week the Burning Platform's panel dive deep into the impact of home-sharing platform Airbnb on the property market with Trish Burt, convenor of Neighbours Not Strangers, who has been fighting a one-woman war against Airbnb for years, calling out policies that privilege the interests of property owners over renters and undermine local communities. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public

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55:42

Private Eyes

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2022/06/27

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This episode will dive deep into the risk of unfettered AI following the release of a major report regarding the use of Facial Recognition Technology in Australia. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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54:16

Introducing ’Civility’

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2022/06/13

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. On this week's episode, Peter Lewis is joined by David Swan, (Technology Editor, The Australian), Samantha Floreani (Program Lead, Digital Rights Watch), to introduce ‘Civility’ - a new collaborative platform designed to create better public engagement - with its co-founder, Nicholas Davis. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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55:27

The People’s Choice

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2022/05/16

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. In the last Burning Platforms before the Australian Federal Election, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton run the rule over the policies being offered up by the major parties. Is it just Coke vs. Pepsi? Or are there bigger ideas at play? Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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50:00

Deus Ex Machina

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2022/05/03

Humans embrace technology with a child-like optimism, but what are the threats Artificial Intelligence poses our society if its impacts are not thought through? Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This week, the Burning Platforms panel dives deep into the amorality of AI with a special discussion with Professor Toby Walsh, author of the new book ‘Machines Behaving Badly’. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an

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54:20

Are we addicted to tech?

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2022/04/15

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. On this week’s episode, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton dive deep into digital addiction: are we being played? And what can we do to get ourselves off the bad stuff? Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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50:38

Pandemic Tech

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2022/04/03

After turning to new technology in a public health crisis we now face critical questions in what a new surveillance normal looks like. Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. On this week's episode Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, Dan Stinton, and guest Dr Mark Andrejevic (Monash Data Futures Institute) look at the technology of the Pandemic and what new models are likely to emerge. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an

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51:01

The Rise of the Splinternet

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2022/03/20

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This week, the Burning Platforms panel (Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton) are joined by former president of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Paul Twomey to outline how competing models of state control over online communications are challenging the very essence of the internet. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per

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56:47

True Lies: Disinformation in an election year

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2022/03/06

As the Federal Election approaches amid heightened geo-political tensions, Burning Platforms looks at a ground-breaking attempt to understand how political actors game the social media algorithms to deliver targeted disinformation. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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55:33

Facebook news takedown anniversary

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2022/02/19

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. On this week's episode, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton mark 12 months from the Facebook news takedown and review the progress of the News Media Bargaining Code with guest Terry Flew (Professor of Digital Communication & Culture, University of Sydney). Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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59:12

Inquiry into Social Media and Online Safety

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2022/02/07

While Australians spent the summer searching for RATs, a hastily convened federal government inquiry was holding public hearings about online safety, as the Morrison Government amps up its war with the Big Tech companies. Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Burning Platforms is back for 2022, as Peter Lewis dissects the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into international digital platforms operated by Big Tech companies with deputy chair Tim

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52:58

The Public Square Project book launch

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2021/12/20

Western democracy has always been anchored by the idea of a public space where people gather to share ideas, mediate difference and make sense of the world. When Facebook blocked Australian users from viewing or sharing news in 2021, it sounded the alarm worldwide on our growing reliance on global tech companies to fulfil this critical role in a digital world. The conflict sparked a new sense of urgency around the growing movement to imagine alternative digital spaces that operate in the public

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56:44

Whatever happened to the free web?

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2021/12/05

The internet promised new ways to challenge power and privilege, so how has it become a tool to promote division and entrench despots? Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O' Shea, and Dan Stinton, with guest, Elaine Pearson (Asia Director at Human Rights Watch), for this week's analysis of the politics of technology from around the world. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of

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55:34

What’s the go with DuckDuckGo?

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2021/11/21

The dominance of Google’s data-hungry search engine is under the spotlight in Australia, with live inquiries on its role in the Ad-tech industry and anti-competitive deals which embed the search engine in smart devices. But DuckDuckGo has proven that you can build a search engine that's not based on user surveillance. Welcome to Burning Patforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton (managing director of Guardian Australia) for this

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40:54

Can technology really save the planet?

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2021/11/10

As the world's leaders debate the future of the planet, technology is being put forward as the solution to the earth's climate woes. But will smart energy networks, AI and Bitcoin really save us? On this week's Burning Platforms, Peter Lewis and guests, Lizzie O'Shea (founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch) and Benedetta Brevini (journalist and Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney), dives deep into the environmental impacts of

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54:54

Sovereign platforms vs. Sovereign nations

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2021/10/24

Online platforms are acting like nation-states and governments are trying to become platforms, but are they both getting it wrong? Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis and guest, Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow, Department of Human Centred Computing - Monash Data Futures Institute, for this week's analysis of the politics of technology from around the world. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an

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