Index 03 · Media

Media & public engagement

Writing for the press, parliamentary testimony, broadcast appearances, and invited talks — on the governance of surveillance technologies.

Press & op-eds 10
Broadcast & podcast 11
Testimony & policy 0
Invited talks 1
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X's Grok and nudify fiasco

Expert commentary on the reputational and regulatory risks created by AI-enabled nudification, following controversy over X's Grok image generation model.

Press & op-eds

10 entries
2025 China's policing modernisation could offer lessons for Europe. The Binding Hook Press 2025 The Invisible Risks of Insecure Chinese Surveillance Cameras. China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe Press 2025 From Messaging to Policing: WeChat's Role in Maintaining Public Security. China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) Press 2025 WeChat is now a frontline policing tool in China. Here's what my research found. The Conversation Press 2024 Singapore embraces AI to solve everyday problems. Context (Reuters) Press 2024 What are ‘metacrimes’ — and how can we stop them? The Conversation Press 2024 Roblox was just banned in Turkey to ‘protect children’. What’s Australia doing? The Conversation Press 2024 Privacy experts shocked as Hobart council agrees to beam live CCTV footage into police station. The Guardian Press 2024 Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat? Splinter Press 2021 China’s ‘surveillance creep’: how big data COVID monitoring could be used to control people post-pandemic. The Conversation Press

Broadcast & podcast

11 entries
2025 What are your rights if someone films you in public? ABC News Broadcast 2025 Musk's AI firm deletes Grok posts praising Hitler as X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns. ABC News Broadcast 2025 X AI Grok goes off the rails, calls itself ‘MechaHitler’. ABC News — The World Broadcast 2025 Why is Donald Trump's new crypto coin sparking ethics concerns? ABC News — The World Broadcast 2024 ‘Amorous couple’ caught by Melbourne's CCTV. ABC Radio Melbourne — Afternoons Broadcast 2024 Questions for Australia amid reports US could ban TP-Link router sales in 2025. ABC News Broadcast 2024 Tracking apps and personal safety. ABC Radio Perth — Afternoons Broadcast 2024 Council-installed CCTV cameras and public safety following assaults on Mt Cootha. ABC Radio Brisbane Broadcast 2024 Social media platforms, eSafety, and the TikTok divestment vote. ABC News — The World Broadcast 2024 India's CCTV crackdown. Podcast Broadcast 2024 Is it ok to track your friends? Triple J — Hack Broadcast

Invited talks

1 entry
2021 China's information technology exports, police information management infrastructure, and modular application of technology to Covid-19 monitoring New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) Talk