Kimberlee Weatherall

New rules will radically change the way we use the internet in Australia – and not just social media | Sam Floreani A new age verification code will soon apply to search engines, with huge implications for privacy and inclusion

new writing from me about age verification and content moderation beyond social media. with endless thanks to @kgt.bsky.social @drwaus.bsky.social @katha.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social Zahra Stardust @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social whose research and advocacy continue to inform my thinking

What political ads are Australians seeing online? Astroturfing, fake grassroots groups, and outright falsehoods New data shows how groups with benign-sounding names like ‘Mums for Nuclear’ are running political ad campaigns online. But they don’t even have to be truthful.

New piece out with the @admscentre.org.au Ad Observatory team: what political ads are Australians seeing online? We map the ads of #auspol2025. @internetobservatory.org.au @gisellenewton.bsky.social @markandrejevic.bsky.social @kateeuph.bsky.social
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This is beautiful. With reverberations well beyond the context discussed.

My UCLA lecture on fair use defenses in disruptive technology cases & what lessons the past cases teach for generative AI copyright lawsuits is now available online
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