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Nov 3, 2026
Peter LewisHOST
I hope you can get down there, Dan and Claire.
Peter LewisHOST
We're also celebrating Digital Rights Watch's 10th anniversary at Big Trades Hall on the evening of Wednesday 9.
Peter LewisHOST
So Wednesday, December 9.
Peter LewisHOST
So we'll have links to both those events again in the sub stacks.
PriyaHOST
Amazing.
PriyaHOST
And after that, we are going to be joined by Tom Sulston, the head of policy at Digital Rights Watch, to talk about the Online Safety Amendment Digital Duty of Care Bill 2026, which has recently been open in exposure draft form for public consultation from the Australian government.
PriyaHOST
So Tom's going to take us through some of what was included in Digital Rights Watch's own submission on the exposure draft, including what's missing from the bill as it currently stands and how we define digital harm.
PriyaHOST
And finally, transdisciplinary researcher, planner, and practitioner Nicolas Guerrital, a founding member of the Alliance for Praxis Research, is joining us to break down the historic runoff election victory of Brazil's incumbent president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or Lula.
PriyaHOST
who defeated far-right opponent Flavio Bolsonaro, who's already fled to the United States, to win a fourth term in office.
49 MINS LATER
PriyaHOST
So again, we're starting to hit those higher UV days.
PriyaHOST
It's time to start wearing sunscreen.
PriyaHOST
Now, we are about to head to our next interview, which is with Tom Sulston, Head of Policy at Digital Rights Watch.
Peter LewisHOST
If you're listening in Canberra, Burning Platforms is going to be part of a show at the National Press Club with a number of other podcasts, including What's Your Poison? and the Westminster Tradition on Wednesday, November 25.
Peter LewisHOST
And we will also be celebrating Digital Rights Watch's 10th anniversary with a live show at Vic Trades Hall in Melbourne on the evening of Wednesday, December 9.
Peter LewisHOST
So we'll put links to those events in the Burning Platform substack that I hope everyone is now signing up to.
Peter LewisHOST
In there, we also have a bunch of background material from these discussions and obviously also... a link to Toby's book.
Peter LewisHOST
So you're welcome, Anna Maria, and if you can get down, Dan.
Peter LewisHOST
We will also be celebrating Digital Rights Watch's 10th anniversary with a live show at Big Trades Hall in Melbourne, second week of December.
Dan StintonPANELIST
And we'll try to get some drinks going in Sydney as well.
Peter LewisHOST
Thanks, Claire.
Josh TaylorGUEST
I'm listening and watching
Rae JohnstonHOST
[laughs] And Tom Sulston, who is head of policy at Digital Rights Watch.
Rae JohnstonHOST
Welcome to Download This Show, Tom.
Tom SulstonGUEST
Hello.
AnnieHOST
And there were a number of speakers.
AnnieHOST
There was a speaker from Digital Rights Watch.
AnnieHOST
There was a speaker from lead campaigns to do with the environment from Friends of the Earth.
AnnieHOST
as well as the lead convener of the Stop Data Centers out at South Morang.
Michael ShellenbergerGUEST
And so that was part of why I wanted to be here was to I'm going to ask you about it and be like what is – how do you justify this? And so far, we did get a response over email from the e-safety commissioner.
Michael ShellenbergerGUEST
Got a response from the main government-funded NGO, Digital Rights Watch, that's advocating for this.
Michael ShellenbergerGUEST
And we put it to all of them and they – and both – basically neither of them answered this question about the fake accounts.
Michael ShellenbergerGUEST
In fact, they spread disinformation about it.
Peter LewisHOST
Thanks so much for having me.
Peter LewisHOST
Also, for the last time in a little while, Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O'Shea, who is about to do her bit to create the next generation of digital activists.
Peter LewisHOST
as long as they don't become tech bros, Lizzie.
Peter LewisHOST
It's
Ruby JonesHOST
[gentle music] I'm Ruby Jones, and you're listening to 7AM.
Ruby JonesHOST
Today, Chair of Digital Rights Watch Lizzie O'Shea on whether Labor can force big tech to change what it serves us and why Donald Trump's White House has now weighed in.
Ruby JonesHOST
It's Tuesday, October 13.
Ruby JonesHOST
Lizzie, when it comes to the government's digital duty of care, we've heard a lot about one particular part of this proposal, giving people the ability to switch off the algorithms that control their feed.
PhuongHOST
Um, so first up we'll be listening to part two of a conversation that Miluma May from Change the Record had with Jody Rider on Noongar Radio's Our Voices, and in this part she talks about how, um, a slow genocide is being committed against First Nations people on this continent.
PhuongHOST
At 7:30, we'll be joined again by Lizzie O'Shea from Digital Rights Watch, and we'll be unpacking the recent news that was, um, reported on DeepCut about the alleged family violence breach caused by Israeli AI live stream basketball matches and, um, the overall concerns that have arisen from, um, this sort of AI technology At 7:45, Elena, I think you're speaking to someone
ElenaHOST
Will be speaking to Kitty Beach, which is the artist of Sad Songs, who we'll also be listening to just before the interview.
ElenaHOST
Um, and Kitty is a queer and neurodivergent artist spanning mediums such as poetry, graphic design, singer-songwriting, and playing the guitar.
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PhuongHOST
Um, and that interview was first broadcast on the 29th of September.
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[singing] 3CR.
PhuongHOST
Welcome back to 3CR Breakfast, and before, uh, this, we heard from Leah Flanagan with her song, "Chills." Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer, author, and founder of Digital Rights Watch.
PhuongHOST
She joins us on the show again today to discuss the recent alleged, um, family violence breach caused by Israeli AI live-streamed basketball matches in Ballarat and the child safety concerns that have arisen from streaming of underage games.