Shrinking horizons: the Internet and invisible bias
Steph Murphy asks whether technology is really expanding our horizons in her article on the internet, smart searching and confirmation bias.
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Blood in the water – the legal gymnastics behind the WA shark cull
Beatrice Paull investigates the legal loopholes in the case of the West Australian Government’s shark baiting and killing policy.
Editorial: Technology and Human Rights
Right Now puts technology under the microscope in February.
After Humanity
As humanity merges with ever more advanced machines, we will evolve into a new species that blends human and technological traits – the posthuman. But do new technologies dehumanise us? Scott Arthurson explores what it means to be human.
What the Frack is Coal Seam Gas?
The far north coast of NSW is heating up. Farmers and landowners alike are protesting the aggressive progress of coal seam gas (or CSG) mining, writes Alexandra Hurley.
Waste Not: Disposing of Waste in the Digital Age
Australia’s E-waste. What is it? How does it effect the international community? What can we do about it? Erin McGinty explains.
Death on an Island
I think about the life this man was fleeing. I imagine what he was fleeing from. I think about the hiding, the terror, the fear, the desperation that drove him from his home. I think about the journey he would have taken to Indonesia.
Blood and Ore: Conflict Smartphones
What’s the human cost of your smartphone? Sayomi Ariyawansa looks at the damage wrought by conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo – and how those minerals end up in our devices.
The Rudd/Abbott Refugee Revolution
Spencer Zifcak explains why Australia’s asylum seeker policy misses the scale of the global refugee tragedy, disregarding both the humanity of asylum seekers and Australia’s international responsibility.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Human Rights
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have challenged our thinking around what it means to be human. Kate Galloway asks, ‘What do they mean for human rights?’
Can Social Media Campaigns Solve Real Life Problems?
Sarah George, co-ordinator of the national education program “Five Facts You Didn’t Know About ‘Boat People’”, tackles social media, online protesting and planning a popular campaign.
The Global Citizen Journalist
On technology, smart phones, journalism, and the representation of voices from the South – Lyndal Rowlands talks to Australia’s DRC-born Eric Mwamba. The first in our forthcoming Issue on Technology and Human Rights.