Burning Platforms

By Per Capita Australia

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly f

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FAQs about Burning Platforms:

How many episodes does Burning Platforms have?

The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.

Burning Platforms episodes:

June 27, 2022 Private Eyes
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This episode will dive deep into the risk of unfettered AI following the release of a major report regarding the use of Facial Recognition Technology in Australia.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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56min
June 13, 2022 Introducing ’Civility’
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

On this week's episode, Peter Lewis is joined by David Swan, (Technology Editor, The Australian), Samantha Floreani (Program Lead, Digital Rights Watch), to introduce ‘Civility’ - a new collaborative platform designed to create better public engagement - with its co-founder, Nicholas Davis.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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55min
May 16, 2022 The People’s Choice
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

In the last Burning Platforms before the Australian Federal Election, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton run the rule over the policies being offered up by the major parties.

Is it just Coke vs. Pepsi? Or are there bigger ideas at play?

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56min
May 03, 2022 Deus Ex Machina
Humans embrace technology with a child-like optimism, but what are the threats Artificial Intelligence poses our society if its impacts are not thought through?

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This week, the Burning Platforms panel dives deep into the amorality of AI with a special discussion with Professor Toby Walsh, author of the new book ‘Machines Behaving Badly’.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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50min
April 15, 2022 Are we addicted to tech?
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

On this week’s episode, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton dive deep into digital addiction: are we being played? And what can we do to get ourselves off the bad stuff?

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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55min
April 03, 2022 Pandemic Tech
After turning to new technology in a public health crisis we now face critical questions in what a new surveillance normal looks like.

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

On this week's episode Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, Dan Stinton, and guest Dr Mark Andrejevic (Monash Data Futures Institute) look at the technology of the Pandemic and what new models are likely to emerge.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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51min
March 20, 2022 The Rise of the Splinternet
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This week, the Burning Platforms panel (Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton) are joined by former president of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Paul Twomey to outline how competing models of state control over online communications are challenging the very essence of the internet.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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52min
March 06, 2022 True Lies: Disinformation in an election year
As the Federal Election approaches amid heightened geo-political tensions, Burning Platforms looks at a ground-breaking attempt to understand how political actors game the social media algorithms to deliver targeted disinformation.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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57min
February 19, 2022 Facebook news takedown anniversary
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

On this week's episode, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton mark 12 months from the Facebook news takedown and review the progress of the News Media Bargaining Code with guest Terry Flew (Professor of Digital Communication & Culture, University of Sydney).

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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56min
February 07, 2022 Inquiry into Social Media and Online Safety
While Australians spent the summer searching for RATs, a hastily convened federal government inquiry was holding public hearings about online safety, as the Morrison Government amps up its war with the Big Tech companies.

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

Burning Platforms is back for 2022, as Peter Lewis dissects the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into international digital platforms operated by Big Tech companies with deputy chair Tim Watts MP.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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