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Facebook, Google and TikTok signed up to the voluntary code today, but many see it as “pointless and shameless”.

Timely tech sector code on disinformation We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Sunita Bose Normal text size Advertisement In December 2019, when the federal government asked the digital industry to develop a code of practice on disinformation, the world was a very different place. But when the Digital Industry Group (DIGI) began developing the Australian Code of Practice on Misinformation and Disinformation that we’re launching today, it was...

Digital Art Panel Discussion with Bradley Vincent, Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer, Grayson Cooke and Alinta Krauth. @ HOTA Lakeside Room. About this Event TAFE Queensland, Coomera Creative and HOTA, Home of the Arts in association with the Study Gold Coast Education Vision Fund presents DIGITREK 21. TAFE Queensland, Coomera Creative and HOTA, Home of the Arts in association with the Study Gold Coast Education Vision Fund presents DIGITREK 21. Join digital and new media artists, Nicholas Aloi...

Event description Join Bradley Vincent, Grayson Cooke, Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer and Alina Krauth in conversation. Broadcast online, live from HOTA. About this Event TAFE Queensland, Coomera Creative and HOTA, Home of the Arts in association with the Study Gold Coast Education Vision Fund presents DIGITREK 21. Join digital and new media artists, Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer, Grayson Cooke and Alinta Krauth, and HOTA Gallery curator, Bradley Vincent for the DIGITREK 21 panel discussion and p...

Facebook's move to block news publishers in Australia may create an even stronger backlash against the company, adding fuel to arguments that it has too much power.

Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture And at 86, the pioneering conceptual artist isn’t done yet. She’s getting her first retrospective ever, at the Brooklyn Museum. Lorraine O’Grady’s retrospective opens March 5 at the Brooklyn Museum. “I’m working on the skin of the culture and I’m making incisions,” she says.Credit...Lelanie Foster for The New York Times Feb. 19, 2021 Had her life been more conventional, Lorraine O’Grady would have...

Facebooks brazen attempt to crush regulations in Australia may backfire Elizabeth Dwoskin and Gerrit De Vynck, The Washington Post Feb. 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Facebooks decision to flip a switch on Wednesday night - causing Australias news industry to go dark on the social network - was a remarkable flexing of power by one of the worlds mightiest companies. The social media giant said it was backed into a corner by a new law there, which requires Internet companies to pay news publisher...

Just who is Kyle Pitts? With so many mock drafts tabbing Pitts as the Bengals’ likely selection with the No. 5 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, maybe it’s about time to see what all the fuss is about. “I don’t think (I’ve ever had a tight-end this high on the Big Board),” ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper, Jr. said on a recent First Draft Podcast. ”I mean I go back to Kellen Winslow Sr. (in 1987 NFL Draft). I scouted Kellen Winslow Sr., and it was at Missouri and was a great player for the Cha...

Mel Kiper Jr. Addresses Justin Fields vs. Zach Wilson Debate Dan Lyons Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields scrambles against Clemson. While there is reportedly an exception among NFL teams, the vast majority of people have Trevor Lawrence as the top quarterback in the NFL Draft. He’s presumed to be a lock to go No. 1 to the Jacksonville Jaguars in April. He headlines a stacked quarterback class, which could see five or six guys go in the first round. BYU‘s Zach Wilson and Ohio State‘s Ju...

Todd McShay shocked by attendance at Trevor Lawrence Pro Day Trevor Lawrence held his Pro Day. One element of the event surprised ESPN draft expert Todd McShay. On the latest episode of the ‘First Draft’ podcast, McShay talked about what he saw at Lawrence’s Pro Day. With 16 NFL teams sending scouts or members of the front office, McShay was stunned to see so many franchises represented. After all, no one anticipates Lawrence slipping beyond the No. 1 overall selection. "16 NFL teams were...