Surveillance of journalists and their sources
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"You’ve got a mature liberal democracy that pursues and hunts down whistleblowers and tries to kill the messenger."
This was the verdict of Johan Lidberg, associate professor of journalism at Monash Uni, talking after police raids at the ABC and at the home of another reporter.
The consequences of the Federal Government's campaign to extend surveillance powers are beginning to dawn on media companies and on citizens (but certainly many experts and journalists have been warning about this for some time).
What are the problems, what can journalists do to protect themselves and their sources, and how should the media go about advocating for change? We've got a brilliant three-person panel to discuss these issues and more at our July meet-up.
Dr Monique Mann is the Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow in Technology and Regulation at QUT's Faculty of Law. She's also a director and chair of the Surveillance Committee at the Australian Privacy Foundation.
Dr Brenda Moon is a data scientist in the School of Communication and Digital Media Research Centre at QUT. (She has a great slide deck about digital privacy and security for researchers—it applies very well to journalists)
Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh is a senior lecturer with the TC Beirne School of Law at UQ. She has also worked in the federal attorney-general's department and as a private practice litigation solicitor.
6pm: Arrive, grab a drink, socialise
6.30pm: Panel discussion
7pm: Food, another drink (but no pressure), open discussion
8pm: Close
ICYMI
Freedom of the Press Foundation has published this great guide to mobile device security
10 of the best interactives and data-driven stories so far this year, as chosen by Hackastory
Can a game help people spot and avoid sharing fake news? Researchers in the UK built one to find out
And at the LA Times they made a game to help their audience better understand rising sea levels