Carly Kind
@carlykind.bsky.social
Australian Privacy Commissioner
Previously @adalovelaceinst @privacyint
Previously @adalovelaceinst @privacyint
Wonderful to see privacy rights being advanced in this way. Congratulations @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social @awo.agency!
Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
www.thetimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Wonderful to see privacy rights being advanced in this way. Congratulations @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social @awo.agency!
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This does mean one extremely exciting thing - 🚨Job Alert Klaxon🚨
Ada is hiring a new Associate Director to lead our Emerging Tech and Practice research team. I urge you to apply - you'll get to work with some of the best researchers on high impact projects.
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Ada is hiring a new Associate Director to lead our Emerging Tech and Practice research team. I urge you to apply - you'll get to work with some of the best researchers on high impact projects.
app.beapplied.com/apply/kefx3r...
Associate Director, Emerging Technology and Industry Practice - Ada Lovelace Institute
The Ada Lovelace Institute (Ada) is a hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research directorate and collectively set its agenda and workplan in our next...
app.beapplied.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This does mean one extremely exciting thing - 🚨Job Alert Klaxon🚨
Ada is hiring a new Associate Director to lead our Emerging Tech and Practice research team. I urge you to apply - you'll get to work with some of the best researchers on high impact projects.
app.beapplied.com/apply/kefx3r...
Ada is hiring a new Associate Director to lead our Emerging Tech and Practice research team. I urge you to apply - you'll get to work with some of the best researchers on high impact projects.
app.beapplied.com/apply/kefx3r...
I guess we can finally put to bed the question “is technology neutral?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump inauguration: Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk seated in front of cabinet picks
Seatings come under fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wield
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I guess we can finally put to bed the question “is technology neutral?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Carly Kind
A summary of my thinking on shared prosperity, work and AI in ten bullet points.
January 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A summary of my thinking on shared prosperity, work and AI in ten bullet points.
Reposted by Carly Kind
Regulation matters
Meta has "no plans to end fact-checking in the EU", the company clarified and "will review its EU content moderation obligations before making changes" www.politico.eu/article/mark...
Zuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program
Meta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform. The content moderation changes won’t be rolled out in the EU for now.
www.politico.eu
January 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Regulation matters
Reposted by Carly Kind
Facebook-parent Meta settles (AU$50 Million) with Australia's privacy watchdog over Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
www.reuters.com/technology/m...
www.reuters.com/technology/m...
Facebook-parent Meta settles with Australia's privacy watchdog over Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
Meta Platforms has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million), Australia's privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, closing long-drawn, expensive legal proceedings for the Facebook parent over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Facebook-parent Meta settles (AU$50 Million) with Australia's privacy watchdog over Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
www.reuters.com/technology/m...
www.reuters.com/technology/m...
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The end of a privacy era thanks to @carlykind.bsky.social: The Australian Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million payment program as part of a settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
December 17, 2024 at 12:35 AM
The end of a privacy era thanks to @carlykind.bsky.social: The Australian Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million payment program as part of a settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
PSA: @evrat.bsky.social’s podcast Shell Game, which documents his adventures with a voice clone hooked up to an AI chatbot, is exceptionally good: laugh out loud funny, deeply philosophical, poignant & honest. I listen to a LOT of tech and narrative podcast series and this is my favourite from 2024
December 3, 2024 at 9:55 AM
PSA: @evrat.bsky.social’s podcast Shell Game, which documents his adventures with a voice clone hooked up to an AI chatbot, is exceptionally good: laugh out loud funny, deeply philosophical, poignant & honest. I listen to a LOT of tech and narrative podcast series and this is my favourite from 2024
My op ed in today’s SMH on the social media ban: www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... ($)
We’ve turned kids into outlaws. It won’t work, but we can still make social media safer for them
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has serious concerns about the laws passed on Friday, but, she explains, we can use privacy legislation to make the internet better for young people.
www.smh.com.au
December 2, 2024 at 2:18 AM
My op ed in today’s SMH on the social media ban: www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... ($)
Despite the woeful performance against the target, we should not underestimate how important it is that this principle has now been established - that public sector AI should be visible to the public amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...
UK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory register | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
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December 2, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Despite the woeful performance against the target, we should not underestimate how important it is that this principle has now been established - that public sector AI should be visible to the public amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...
For those following along at home… the Privacy & Other Legislation Amendment Bill was passed by Parliament this evening! The Act strengthens our enforcement regime & importantly gives me the power to develop a Children’s Online Privacy Code, following in the footsteps of the UK, Ireland & California
November 28, 2024 at 10:56 AM
For those following along at home… the Privacy & Other Legislation Amendment Bill was passed by Parliament this evening! The Act strengthens our enforcement regime & importantly gives me the power to develop a Children’s Online Privacy Code, following in the footsteps of the UK, Ireland & California
Today I issued a determination finding that Bunnings retail group breached Australians’ privacy by collecting their personal and sensitive information through a facial recognition technology system.
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
Bunnings breached Australians’ privacy with facial recognition tool
The system, via CCTV, captured the faces of every person – likely hundreds of thousands of individuals – who entered 63 Bunnings stores between 2018 and 2021.
www.oaic.gov.au
November 19, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Today I issued a determination finding that Bunnings retail group breached Australians’ privacy by collecting their personal and sensitive information through a facial recognition technology system.
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...