Dr Marc Cheong
Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School; Senior Lecturer, Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne
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Sciences & Technology
When it comes to jobs, AI does not like parents
New research finds that AI doesn’t just discriminate against women in the workforce – but also has a problem with parents
Sciences & Technology
The flawed algorithm at the heart of Robodebt
Robodebt teaches us that even simple automated decision-making systems come with the biases of the people, systems and policies that conceive them
Politics & Society
Trump, nipples and the hypocrisy of the social media giants
It took a mob to attack the US Capitol before then President Trump’s incitement was banned by the social media companies, but these same companies routinely censor the marginalised
Sciences & Technology
A little bird didn’t tell me
The hack attack on Twitter was aimed at financial gain, but what happens when hacking turns political? Regulation is part of the answer, as is becoming more savvy ourselves
Politics & Society
Do we really need a tracking app and can we trust it?
Privacy and transparency should be central to the use of a COVID-19 tracking app, but there are other ways to track infections, and an app may not work anyway