19 Apr 2021 No surprise: Spying from space is a good thing Bryan R. Early , Erik Gartzke With countries all watching each other, there is less chance anyone is caught off guard – a deterrent to aggression.
7 Apr 2021 In Singapore, Covid vs privacy is no contest Kirsten Han The pandemic has shown how easily most people accept surveillance, and the government’s enthusiasm for new forms of it.
26 Mar 2021 Facebook’s monopoly danger in the Pacific Amanda Watson , Jemima Garrett The social media giant’s move to “unfriend” Australia highlighted complex threats to information security in the region.
24 Mar 2021 The greening of Bill Gates Christian Bennett The Microsoft founder has produced a solid primer for understanding the climate challenge. The next step is action.
16 Mar 2021 Unpacking vaccine passports Dominic Meagher Proof of Covid vaccination for travel is a reasonable expectation, but is tech the only answer?
18 Feb 2021 India’s Koo plots a digital coup Aarti Betigeri A Twitter clone is gaining ground, but where does the push to localise social media end up?
1 Feb 2021 Filling the gaps in ASEAN and EU cybercrime cooperation Eugenio Benincasa The two regional bodies are teaming up to counter cybersecurity threats, but it’s no simple task.
21 Jan 2021 The Diego Garcia dispute hits cyberspace Samuel Bashfield , James Mortensen As internet domains go, .io is a money spinner. Would a change to the “British Indian Ocean Territory” cancel an asset?
19 Jan 2021 Why Twitter was right to dump Trump Damien Spry A free speech attack? No, if losing access is a blow, it’s because Trump relied on social media too much for too long.
22 Dec 2020 The modern sharing of Pacific “public goods” Stuart Minchin A repository for regional data not only preserves the lessons of the past, but will shape a better future, too.
21 Dec 2020 How extremist messaging co-opts emergency events Timothy Graham The cynical saying “never waste a good crisis” is just as true for far-right and conspiracy theorists alike.
8 Dec 2020 China’s online meddling goes beyond the Great Firewall Yaqiu Wang Human rights movements still suffer from falsehoods and misinformation even on social media platforms banned by Beijing.
7 Dec 2020 The case for going all-in on renewables Jeffrey Lau Energy security and economic growth have political support where climate change doesn’t. Bring them all together.
1 Dec 2020 We’ve been trolled – expect more of it, because it worked Damien Spry Here’s how Scott Morrison might have responded to China’s online provocation.
24 Nov 2020 After Christchurch: Mapping online right-wing extremists Brian Ballsun-Stanton , Lise Waldek , Julian Droogan For all the hate, sometimes extending to talk of violence, the extremist milieu is also a highly social space.
18 Nov 2020 Gauge-changing train is no game changer for China Wu Shang-Su The recently launched high-speed rail adaptable to different track widths is unlikely to jump the hurdles of the BRI.
13 Nov 2020 Biden’s clean energy plan versus China’s green tech dominance Elliott Zaagman The US might be able to construct a clean-energy supply chain without relying on China, but it won’t be easy.
15 Oct 2020 Pakistan gets on the TikTok ban wagon Syed Fazl-e-Haider For very different reasons, the South Asian country follows rival India in blocking the China-based app.
13 Oct 2020 The many trails of Ant Group Fraser Howie Plans to list the company at the centre of China’s financial and payments network could spark a geopolitical firestorm.
7 Oct 2020 The unique power of TikTok’s algorithm Xueyin Zha Even if the question of control is resolved, this game-changing app may still pose a challenge to democratic norms.
9 Sep 2020 Colourless green content: AI, disinformation and geopolitical risk Quinton Temby How will you know when a machine has written what you’re reading?
2 Sep 2020 Who’s watching the algorithms? Xueyin Zha Facial recognition tech has supercharged surveillance in sometimes troubling ways – and spurred surprising opponents.
28 Aug 2020 Understanding the full spectrum of hate Matteo Vergani Extreme violence garners most attention, but the problems arise much earlier – both online and in the real world.
20 Aug 2020 In Malaysia’s Covid “infodemic”, crime is all too easy Harris Zainul A crackdown on the spreading of false information is unfair if people don’t have the means to spot it.
14 Aug 2020 From Santiago to Sydney, opening Latin America with fibre-optic cable Alex Vedovi While no panacea, a new cable link is an unexpected chance for greater trans-Pacific ties away from superpower rivalry.
13 Aug 2020 Japan’s tech industry reboot will have region-wide effects Elliot Silverberg , Patrick Madaj Japan can play a key role in digital debates facing democratic and authoritarian societies alike.
7 Aug 2020 Cyber sovereignty cuts both ways Elliott Zaagman China’s barricades against foreign tech helped its companies grow massive. Now they’re being blocked in other markets.
4 Aug 2020 Defending Australia in a high-tech future Thom Dixon Australia must prioritise education and research, in science and humanities, too. Regional engagement may depend on it.
3 Aug 2020 Under the influence: Peddling conspiracy in a pandemic Lydia Khalil Lifestyle and wellness personalities are lending conspiracy theorists a glossy sheen, and not without danger.
22 Jul 2020 Interesting times for TikTok Elliott Zaagman The debate over banning the social media app hits on big issues of tech, trade and sovereignty.
22 Jul 2020 Is Huawei in the UK a canary in the coalmine? Daniel Woker Britain’s 5G ban shows that political risk must be priced into commercial calculations as the world considers value.
20 Jul 2020 Social credit: The next China risk for Australian business David Morris Continuous monitoring via technology raises numerous questions and will bring unforeseen consequences.
9 Jul 2020 The semiconductor industry is where politics gets real for Taiwan Kate Sullivan-Walker These tiny strategic products can profoundly change the world as the US and China fight over the brains of electronics.
6 Jul 2020 The cost of conspiracy in muddling public health messages Clare Murphy A Covid-19 outbreak in Victoria shows the need to counter hate speech, extremist content and misinformation online.
1 Jul 2020 India’s TikTok stars collateral damage in Chinese app ban Aarti Betigeri The move signals that decades of appeasement towards China by a succession of Indian leaders is coming to an end.
25 Jun 2020 K-pop “stans” unleashed: Hijacking hashtags for social action Dymples Leong Digital disruption can reflect a growing desire to pair fandom with activism. But such a movement is itself vulnerable.
22 Jun 2020 Debt threatens Digicel’s Pacific dominance Shane McLeod The sprawling telecoms provider is deep in the red, and it might be the company’s PNG profits that help bail it out.
19 Jun 2020 Morrison’s messages to the “sophisticated state-based cyber actor” Ben Scott The Prime Minister appears to be sending a warning – that Australia is on to you.
19 Jun 2020 Belt and Road means big data and facial recognition, too Peter Layton China is exporting the same social control technology it employs to monitor its own population.
11 Jun 2020 China toys with a new propaganda technique: Irony Weixiang Wang , Oana Burcu The already reductive US-China spat has now been turned into an actual cartoon, in an earnest bid for foreign sympathy.
31 May 2020 Playing Monopoly in space Morris Jones Privatising astronaut launches was only one objective of the latest venture beyond the atmosphere.
20 May 2020 India’s Covid-19 tracing app: Power in the right hands? Aarti Betigeri Download rates for tracing apps can also be read to indicate how much trust there is in government.
20 May 2020 We’re all losers in the space arms race Sarah O’Connor Nations have battled one another for strategic advantage in space for decades. Actual fighting would be a step beyond.
19 May 2020 Covid-19 chaos creates fertile ground for cyberattacks Gordon Kang Major events that capture population attention, whether pandemics or elections, are ripe for manipulation.
14 May 2020 Covid-19 and the acceleration of state surveillance Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman The pandemic has suddenly made the unthinkable acceptable. Data and privacy may never be the same.
7 May 2020 Digital declarations: Political ads on PNG social media must be clear Shane McLeod Local politicians are deploying Facebook’s paid advertising tools. The dominant social platform should take a hard look.
29 Apr 2020 Information warfare in the theatre of Covid-19 Damien Spry Viral misinformation thrives amid the very conditions we see today – a lesson China appears to have identified.
29 Apr 2020 Beyond the buzz: A primer on swarms Maaike Verbruggen Militarised and ready for battle, artificial intelligence could bring new numbers of drones to the fight – eventually.
29 Apr 2020 Back to the future: Keeping Australian air lines of communication open David Brewster Not for the first time Australia is cut off from the world. Government has an essential role in preserving a connection.
20 Apr 2020 The Nth Room case and modern slavery in the digital space Nicole de Souza South Korea is again confronted by an example of women being exploited – and the global challenge of misused technology.