Tama Leaver
@tamaleaver.bsky.social
🎓 Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin Uni (Boorloo/Perth West Australia);
🌏 Past Prez @AoIR.bsky.social;
🔎 @digitalchildau.bsky.social (AI & Datafication);
🐘 @tama@aoir.social; he/him.
[Views mine; RT/❤️/etc ≠ endorsement]
🌏 Past Prez @AoIR.bsky.social;
🔎 @digitalchildau.bsky.social (AI & Datafication);
🐘 @tama@aoir.social; he/him.
[Views mine; RT/❤️/etc ≠ endorsement]
I'm very pleased this piece co-authored with @antmandan.bsky.social is out in the @aunz.theconversation.com this morning.
theconversation.com/australia-is...
theconversation.com/australia-is...
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm very pleased this piece co-authored with @antmandan.bsky.social is out in the @aunz.theconversation.com this morning.
theconversation.com/australia-is...
theconversation.com/australia-is...
The #SocialMediaBan (or #SocialMediaDelay if you prefer) just got very real for hundreds of thousands of Australian teens under 16 who got messages in the last 24hours saying their Instagram (or, for a few, Facebook/Threads) accounts are flagged to be deactivated in the coming weeks.
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The #SocialMediaBan (or #SocialMediaDelay if you prefer) just got very real for hundreds of thousands of Australian teens under 16 who got messages in the last 24hours saying their Instagram (or, for a few, Facebook/Threads) accounts are flagged to be deactivated in the coming weeks.
Worth reading:
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Worth reading:
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
I enjoyed being interviewed for this podcast, which gave me space to outline what I think about the social media ban/delay for under16s in Australia + what young people & parents, carers & trusted adults in their lives need to think about *before* December 10th!
Listen here: www.curtin.edu.au/ne...
Listen here: www.curtin.edu.au/ne...
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I enjoyed being interviewed for this podcast, which gave me space to outline what I think about the social media ban/delay for under16s in Australia + what young people & parents, carers & trusted adults in their lives need to think about *before* December 10th!
Listen here: www.curtin.edu.au/ne...
Listen here: www.curtin.edu.au/ne...
What do young Australians think about the 'Social Media Ban'?
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
What do young Australians think about the 'Social Media Ban'?
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
Join young people and researchers online to find out what the upcoming changes mean for 12-15 year olds from around Australia.
🗓 Mon, 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 9:00am Perth ⏰ 11:00am Bris ⏰ 12:00pm Syd/Melb
👉 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/webinar-am...
We're very lucky having @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social present today at Curtin University for CCAT on Platform Epistemology: Shaping Algorithmic Knowledge in the Visibility Game, on the first leg of Kelley's Australian tour!
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We're very lucky having @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social present today at Curtin University for CCAT on Platform Epistemology: Shaping Algorithmic Knowledge in the Visibility Game, on the first leg of Kelley's Australian tour!
Charlie the Unicorn (yes, that one, of Candy Mountain fame) was released this day 20 years ago. Memes are old. So am I.
Relive the joy/horror: www.youtube.com/watc...
Relive the joy/horror: www.youtube.com/watc...
October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Charlie the Unicorn (yes, that one, of Candy Mountain fame) was released this day 20 years ago. Memes are old. So am I.
Relive the joy/horror: www.youtube.com/watc...
Relive the joy/horror: www.youtube.com/watc...
Watching the promotional material for Apple's new AirPods, it's notable just how much #accessibility is being positioned as the terrain big tech wants to colonise, and in the long-run, personalise, locking users into their ecosystem.
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Watching the promotional material for Apple's new AirPods, it's notable just how much #accessibility is being positioned as the terrain big tech wants to colonise, and in the long-run, personalise, locking users into their ecosystem.
I had a good chat with Natarsha Belling on The Briefing Podcast today discussing the Age Assurance Trial results and what that means for the government's under16 social media ban. #auspol
🎧 play.listnr.com/podcast/the-...
🎧 play.listnr.com/podcast/the-...
September 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I had a good chat with Natarsha Belling on The Briefing Podcast today discussing the Age Assurance Trial results and what that means for the government's under16 social media ban. #auspol
🎧 play.listnr.com/podcast/the-...
🎧 play.listnr.com/podcast/the-...
Josh Taylor in The Guardian notes that actually looking at the data from the Australian Age Assurance trial shows some big problems!
Not just under-16s: all Australian social media users will need to prove their age – and it could be complicated and time consuming
www.theguardian.com/...
Not just under-16s: all Australian social media users will need to prove their age – and it could be complicated and time consuming
www.theguardian.com/...
September 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Josh Taylor in The Guardian notes that actually looking at the data from the Australian Age Assurance trial shows some big problems!
Not just under-16s: all Australian social media users will need to prove their age – and it could be complicated and time consuming
www.theguardian.com/...
Not just under-16s: all Australian social media users will need to prove their age – and it could be complicated and time consuming
www.theguardian.com/...
Today I had my first experience of seeing a paper (and to be clear: a research paper, not a student paper) cite a paper I'm a listed author on where that paper does not actually exist.
It's clearly an AI-generated fabrication.
*sigh* #generativeAI #artificialintelligence
It's clearly an AI-generated fabrication.
*sigh* #generativeAI #artificialintelligence
June 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today I had my first experience of seeing a paper (and to be clear: a research paper, not a student paper) cite a paper I'm a listed author on where that paper does not actually exist.
It's clearly an AI-generated fabrication.
*sigh* #generativeAI #artificialintelligence
It's clearly an AI-generated fabrication.
*sigh* #generativeAI #artificialintelligence
Pleased to release of our @digitalchildau.bsky.social ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child report "Children & Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia: The Big Challenges", led by @suzesrdarov.bsky.social & myself, here: issuu.com/digitalchild...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Pleased to release of our @digitalchildau.bsky.social ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child report "Children & Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia: The Big Challenges", led by @suzesrdarov.bsky.social & myself, here: issuu.com/digitalchild...
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Voting closes tomorrow morning for the Classic 100 Piano. Working out what my top ten would be was not easy, but I got there! classic100.abc.net.au
June 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Voting closes tomorrow morning for the Classic 100 Piano. Working out what my top ten would be was not easy, but I got there! classic100.abc.net.au
Super pleased to have @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social's The AI Con turn up today! Books still rock, and this should be a fierce read!
May 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Super pleased to have @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social's The AI Con turn up today! Books still rock, and this should be a fierce read!
Outside my comfort zone, but I was really pleased to be a plenary speaker at the National Suicide Prevention Conference #NSPC25 on the closing panel AI & eSafety with Louise La Sala (Orygen), Carla Sargeant (Headspace), and Jacqueline McGowan-Jones (WA's Commissioner for Children and Young People).
May 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Outside my comfort zone, but I was really pleased to be a plenary speaker at the National Suicide Prevention Conference #NSPC25 on the closing panel AI & eSafety with Louise La Sala (Orygen), Carla Sargeant (Headspace), and Jacqueline McGowan-Jones (WA's Commissioner for Children and Young People).
Really chuffed our panel "Rupturing Digital Childhoods and Parenting in Australia? Social Media Bans, Privacy, Screen Time, and Generative AI" featuring Amanda Third, @katlangton.bsky.social, @katemannell.bsky.social, @suzesrdarov.bsky.social and me has been accepted for #AoIR2025!
See you in 🇧🇷 !
See you in 🇧🇷 !
May 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Really chuffed our panel "Rupturing Digital Childhoods and Parenting in Australia? Social Media Bans, Privacy, Screen Time, and Generative AI" featuring Amanda Third, @katlangton.bsky.social, @katemannell.bsky.social, @suzesrdarov.bsky.social and me has been accepted for #AoIR2025!
See you in 🇧🇷 !
See you in 🇧🇷 !
Pleased our #openaccess 'TikTok & Children: An Introduction" by @jinlee.bsky.social, Crystal Abidin & I is out now in the International Journal of Cultural Studies, situating TikTok & children within overlapping global contexts and also introducing our special issue!
doi.org/10.1177/1367...
doi.org/10.1177/1367...
May 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Pleased our #openaccess 'TikTok & Children: An Introduction" by @jinlee.bsky.social, Crystal Abidin & I is out now in the International Journal of Cultural Studies, situating TikTok & children within overlapping global contexts and also introducing our special issue!
doi.org/10.1177/1367...
doi.org/10.1177/1367...
Ah yes, thanks Facebook for suggesting I celebrate 11 years friendship with my very loved and very missed grandad who passed away several years ago.
I wonder why I don't log in to that place much anymore. #digitaldeath
I wonder why I don't log in to that place much anymore. #digitaldeath
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ah yes, thanks Facebook for suggesting I celebrate 11 years friendship with my very loved and very missed grandad who passed away several years ago.
I wonder why I don't log in to that place much anymore. #digitaldeath
I wonder why I don't log in to that place much anymore. #digitaldeath
When I'm voting in the Australian Federal Election tomorrow, I know what I don't want.
I don't want a party planning nuclear power stations in a country awash in renewables.
I don't want a party that puts One Nation number two on their voting cards.
I know who I'm putting last. #Liberal
I don't want a party planning nuclear power stations in a country awash in renewables.
I don't want a party that puts One Nation number two on their voting cards.
I know who I'm putting last. #Liberal
May 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
When I'm voting in the Australian Federal Election tomorrow, I know what I don't want.
I don't want a party planning nuclear power stations in a country awash in renewables.
I don't want a party that puts One Nation number two on their voting cards.
I know who I'm putting last. #Liberal
I don't want a party planning nuclear power stations in a country awash in renewables.
I don't want a party that puts One Nation number two on their voting cards.
I know who I'm putting last. #Liberal
The #openaccess "Rapid Analysis: Character AI & Children" by Annabel Blake, @marcuscarter.com & @vellosoraptor.bsky.social is a wonderful and timely primer for researchers and parents alike about the value and risks children find on the platform!
ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...
ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...
April 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The #openaccess "Rapid Analysis: Character AI & Children" by Annabel Blake, @marcuscarter.com & @vellosoraptor.bsky.social is a wonderful and timely primer for researchers and parents alike about the value and risks children find on the platform!
ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...
ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...
Herdsman Lake was looking especially good on today's early morning walk, and for the first time in Australia I met a red fox in the wild. 🦊
April 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Herdsman Lake was looking especially good on today's early morning walk, and for the first time in Australia I met a red fox in the wild. 🦊
Ozzymanreviews isn't on Bluesky yet, but I do believe his reaction to NeoNazis interrupting a Welcome to Country at ANZAC Day (or any other time) is the most appropriate: NeoNazis can fuck right off.
April 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Ozzymanreviews isn't on Bluesky yet, but I do believe his reaction to NeoNazis interrupting a Welcome to Country at ANZAC Day (or any other time) is the most appropriate: NeoNazis can fuck right off.
My heart broke a little when the my uni library ebook platform, Proquest eBook Central, came at me with a baked in AI Research Assistant that blurted a key takeaway/concepts rather than letting me read.
Appropriate somehow it was @andrew-mcstay.bsky.social's Emotional AI book!
Appropriate somehow it was @andrew-mcstay.bsky.social's Emotional AI book!
April 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My heart broke a little when the my uni library ebook platform, Proquest eBook Central, came at me with a baked in AI Research Assistant that blurted a key takeaway/concepts rather than letting me read.
Appropriate somehow it was @andrew-mcstay.bsky.social's Emotional AI book!
Appropriate somehow it was @andrew-mcstay.bsky.social's Emotional AI book!