Burning Platforms

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 for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts.

Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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Update frequency: every 14 days
Average duration: 56 minutes
Episodes: 75
Years Active: 2021 - 2025

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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 th…

00:55:27 | Mon 16 May 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-Cod…

00:50:00 | Tue 03 May 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 playe…

00:54:20 | Fri 15 Apr 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…

00:50:38 | Sun 03 Apr 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…

00:51:01 | Sun 20 Mar 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 …

00:56:47 | Sun 06 Mar 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 r…

00:55:33 | Sat 19 Feb 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 t…

00:59:12 | Mon 07 Feb 2022

The Public Square Project book launch

Western democracy has always been anchored by the idea of a public space where people gather to share ideas, mediate difference and make sense of the world. When Facebook blocked Australian users fro…

00:52:58 | Mon 20 Dec 2021

Whatever happened to the free web?

The internet promised new ways to challenge power and privilege, so how has it become a tool to promote division and entrench despots?

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics…

00:56:44 | Sun 05 Dec 2021

What’s the go with DuckDuckGo?

The dominance of Google’s data-hungry search engine is under the spotlight in Australia, with live inquiries on its role in the Ad-tech industry and anti-competitive deals which embed the search engi…

00:55:34 | Sun 21 Nov 2021

Can technology really save the planet?

As the world's leaders debate the future of the planet, technology is being put forward as the solution to the earth's climate woes. But will smart energy networks, AI and Bitcoin really save us? O…

00:40:54 | Wed 10 Nov 2021

Sovereign platforms vs. Sovereign nations

Online platforms are acting like nation-states and governments are trying to become platforms, but are they both getting it wrong?

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of …

00:54:54 | Sun 24 Oct 2021

Privacy isn’t boring: Online Privacy in Australia

With a review of the Privacy Act expected soon, and the Facebook whistleblower revealing Facebook's privacy breaches among other things, we take a deep dive into the legal frameworks for entrenching …

00:56:09 | Fri 08 Oct 2021

The algorithms that rule Australia

Welcome to Burning Platforms, a new fortnightly podcast that unpacks the latest developments in technology from around the world.

This fortnight we explore algorithms that rule Australia, how we are …

00:55:59 | Tue 05 Oct 2021

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