12 Aug 2021

Technology commentator Mark Pesce

From Nine To Noon, 11:15 am on 12 August 2021
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Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about a well-intended move that’s ended up being controversial for Apple.

It was to enable the scanning of people’s photos for child sex abuse imagery – but it opens the door for snooping for other things and privacy advocates are outraged.

Meanwhile two researchers investigating political advertising on Facebook found themselves banned from the planform, and in Australia a first-in-the-world legal ruling means an artificial intelligence program can develop novel works that can be patented