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  @scroeser @bakuninboys No, I didn't delve into this bit of the 36month people's other activity, but it's a very valid thing to think about. Ultimately, they are an Ad Agency and old media types, and that's exactly the vibe, approach and ethics they brought to their campaigning.

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  Finally got around to updating my media page with links to all the media interviews and commentary I've done this year: https://tamaleaver.net/media/ It's basically all #GenerativeAI and #socialmediaban all the way down!

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  New from me in The Conversation today: More than half of children and teens are using AI for personal reasons. This comes with risks https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.swpcad45g #generativeAI #digitalchild #childrights

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  #Meta settling the big case about child safety in the US looks like it will meaningfully improve teen safety on Instagram & Facebook, but will also put a lot of onus on parents to actively use Meta's parenting tools, & seeks to force TikTok & YouTube make similar changes. https://lnkd.in/p/g2ydXZsD

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  I learnt a lot working on this piece with my colleagues from the #AudioDescription Past, Present & Futures project. Uneven advances: a decade of audio description provision for blind and low vision Australians https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2026.2713211 (🔓#OpenAccess)

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  It was a pleasure to be on the BBC's Asia Specific podcast this week, joining host Mariko Oi and BBC Australia correspondent Katy Watson to discuss the exposure draft of the Australian Government's Digital Duty of Care legislation and what 'turning off the algorithm' might actually mean. 🎧 BBC website: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0p9p06m 🎥 YouTube: https://youtu.be/aKPn02oNkEI?si=UH0ADKqYODCBxUWG

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  The Trump Administration has very loudly and publicly told the Australia got to basically to rip up the (currently in draft) Digital Duty of Care legislation: https://au.usembassy.gov/u-s-government-response-to-the-australian-consultation-on-the-online-safety-amendment-digital-duty-of-care-bill-2026/ #DigitalDutyofCare #auspol #socialmedia

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  I shall call my @muse Mr DataThief. Helps keep the whole experience in context. (Okay, you got me, I'm not actually planning to use Meta's data extraction Tamagotchi at all.) #privacy #Meta #MuseCharm

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  @rickf @scroeser it is a stupid idea, solving nothing, except serving several self important men who won't believe this won't work until they implement it and it doesn't work, with their failures paved with the careers of hundreds of good teachers and researchers. And likely a shittier student experience all round.

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  @rickf eventually, everyone falls to the dark side.

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  I'm genuinely fascinated with the movement using #GenerativeAI's coding capabilities to build open source, non-cloud based versions of most of the Adobe Cloud and Microsoft Office suites of tools! https://getartcraft.com/apps Is this the AI for good I keep hearing about? Story: https://au.lifehacker.com/software/119843/i-tried-photocraft-the-ai-clone-of-photoshop-and-its-almost-exactly-like-the-real-thing

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  @james fair question. I think to get to YTM, the user has to hold a YT account, don't they? Which probably means no. I totally agree re the logic (or not) of it all, though.

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  I had a few last thoughts for the day about Twitch being added to the #SocialMediaBan for under16s in Australia on Radio National's PM program this afternoon: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/pm/streaming-platform-twitch-latest-to-be-banned-for-kids/106039244

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  As long as adults, teachers, parents, pundits and politicians keep referring to 'the real world' and 'offline' as if teen lives can just unproblematically and easily stop being digital, we will immediately lose young people as we're clearly saying we simply can't relate to their worlds and lives. Ban or no ban, teen lives are deeply enmeshed with the digital tools, spaces and ways of knowing. This isn't a choice. It's the world we...

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  Australian's #SocialMediaBan for Under 16s is now active. The rapid, convoluted lead-up to the ban has meant there are a lot of myths about what it is supposed to do, & what it will do. It's vital teens, parents & other trusted adults do not have a false sense of security; online risk are not gone. Many parents and trusted adults believe the ban will stop cyberbullying. Unfortunately, it won't. Read "Australia's social media ban won&a...

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  @scroeser i think you're right. As we used to say: LOL!

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  Great to see the #AoIR2026 Regeneration(s) 🇲🇽 full CFP now up and accepting submissions! https://aoir.org/aoir2026/ [Disclaimer: Any fandom references purely coincidental, I'm sure! ;) ]

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  Zoë Hitzig's piece in the NYTimes really hits home why OpenAI's inevitable, but even more intrusive, shift to deploying ads in ChatGPT shows (a) an exploitation of private data that eclipses even social media platforms; & (b) that there really are no new ideas coming out of AI companies at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/opinion/openai-ads-chatgpt.html

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  📘New Report: Young Australians’ perspectives on the social media minimum age legislation📘 With the #socialmediaban for teens kicking in on 10 December, hearing their perspectives on it, and social media generally, is so vital! 💡 Read the full report here: https://doi.org/10.60836/tr30-9x03

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  And just like that #AoIR2023 is done. Thank you to everyone who took part in the conference this year; to say this is a vibrant intellectual community is an absurd understatement. So many amazing papers, ideas, and conversations, but more than that so many real people talking, listening, thinking and caring together. AoIR is a community, not a conference, and that has been incredibly evident once again this year. Safe travels; we'll see you online and in Sheffield for #AoIR2024!

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  Your 2025-2027 @AoIR Executive Committee, taking office in October 2025 at #AoIR2025 ... President: Sarah Roberts Vice President: Andra Siibak Immediate Past President: Nicholas John Secretary: Nathalie Schäfer Treasurer: Robert W. Gehl Graduate Student Rep: Lynrose Jane Genon Open Seats: Admire Mare, Rebecca Scharlach, & Meg Jing Zeng. Looks like the future of AoIR is in great hands! Thanks to everyone who ran, and everyone who voted!

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  Australia banning social media for everyone under the age of 16 remains absurd. Here's a longer version of me saying that with more words on ABC24 last Friday ... https://youtu.be/BIENYLgzLv0 #socialmedia #Australia

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  For folks attending #AoIR2025 come along and discuss Australia’s controversial Social Media Ban for all Australians Under 16, the global political turn toward age restriction & verification, and the implications of this so-called ‘world leading’ legislation both within Australian and globally. The discussion will be led by Professor Amanda Third (UWS); Professor @antmandan (QUT); Professor @snurb (QUT); & Professor @tama (Curtin). Thurs 16/Oct/2025 , 11:00am - 12:30pm in Room...

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  I'm very pleased this piece co-authored with @antmandan is out in The Conversation this morning. We know the #SocialMediaBan for under16s in Australia kicks in on December 10th, but for a lot of teens it only felt real a day or two ago when they started getting notifications that their Meta accounts were flagged for deactivation. For teens, and for their parents, we hope there's some useful advice in this piece. https://theconversation.com/australia-is-about-to-ban-under-16s-f...