Submissions

Submission: Review of AI and Australian Consumer Law 2024

Posted on November 24, 2024 | in submissions

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AI-enabled goods and services are now commonplace in the Australian market and people interact with AI-enabled products in their daily lives. These products range from entirely online digital products, such as subscription streaming services for entertainment and customer service chatbots, to internet-connected physical goods such as digital assistants in smart phones and smart speakers, to internet-of-things goods that have little to no human interactivity, such as robot vacuums.

Submission: Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

Posted on November 22, 2024 | in submissions

Digital Rights Watch has been involved in many Senate committee consultations since our founding in 2016. Never before have we witnessed such a shocking display of misusing the committee inquiry process as a sham consultation for the purposes of “box-ticking” community engagement.

Submission: Phase 2 Industry Codes

Posted on November 22, 2024 | in submissions

Draft Consolidated Industry Codes of Practice for the Online Industry (Class 1C and Class 2 Material) under the Online Safety Act 2021

We recognise there are genuine challenges regarding the safety of vulnerable groups, including children, as well as the distribution of unlawful material online. We also recognise the legitimate interest of the Australian government to promote safer online services to individuals across Australia.

Submission: Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

Posted on October 14, 2024 | in submissions

Privacy is essential to upholding democracy, reining in corporate power, and building a safe and fair digital future.

Submission: The opportunities and impacts for Australia arising out of the uptake of AI technologies

Posted on October 7, 2024 | in submissions

We need not look to far-future hypothetical scenarios to understand the ways in which AI can cause harm: it is already happening. There is over a decade of case studies from around the world, research, analysis and recommendations to draw from. More than ever before, Australia is in a position to move from identifying problems and toward taking steps to remediate and mitigate them. Digital Rights Watch urges the committee to take this task seriously, and to recognise that there is nothing about AI that is inevitable. The government can—and should—intervene.

Submission: Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024

Posted on October 2, 2024 | in submissions

We have significant concerns about the breadth of powers that the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 proposes to grant the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) with limited mechanisms for oversight and accountability.