Media Releases

Media Release: Questions to be answered on AUKUS Pillar II

Posted on September 2, 2026 | in media releases

01 September 2026

Questions to be answered on AUKUS Pillar II

Digital Rights Watch has today called on the federal government to explain the extent to which Australians’ privacy, safety and security will be impacted by the AUKUS Treaty.

Media Release: New report finds AI scribe industry operating with no meaningful oversight. Patients locked out of care for refusing AI scribes.

Posted on July 28, 2026 | in media releases

New report finds AI scribe industry operating with no meaningful oversight. Patients locked out of care for refusing AI scribes.

Media Release: Amid Repro Uncensored and Dutch Queer Groups’ Landmark Legal Action Against Meta, Australian Organisations Warn Similar Cases Could Build Toward Future Legal Action

Posted on May 22, 2026 | in media releases

Brussels / Melbourne – May 2026

As Repro Uncensored and the coalition of Dutch queer organizations pursue landmark legal action against Meta over the mass removal of queer Instagram accounts in the Netherlands, Digital Rights Watch and Repro Uncensored are warning that similar legal and regulatory challenges could emerge in Australia, where the organizations estimate that dozens of accounts have been wrongly removed or restricted.

Media Release: Regulators must step in to protect patients from AI Scribes

Posted on May 18, 2026 | in media releases

A clinic in Melbourne refuses to treat patients who do not consent to their use of an AI scribe. This development is shocking but not unsurprising. AI scribes are popping-up all over our health system, promising productivity gains to clinics. But they come with significant risks: risks to patient privacy, risks to the quality of healthcare, and risks to doctors’ liability. It is entirely reasonable for a person to reject the use of AI scribes in the course of their healthcare.

Media Release: RentTech platforms must stop unfair and excessive personal information collection

Posted on April 23, 2026 | in media releases

RentTech platforms must stop unfair and excessive personal information collection

Digital Rights Watch has a long history of campaigning against the excessive and unfair collection of personal information through ‘Renttech’ platforms.

Media Release: Victorian schools data breach

Posted on January 15, 2026 | in media releases

15 January 2025

Victorian schools data breach

Hackers have accessed the information of current and past Victorian government school students in a major data breach.