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.
Special guest Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran from Reset joins the panel to ask whether we are ready to learn the lessons of 9/11 before a new tech paradigm takes hold.
Recorded live 1st April 2022.
Regular panelists:
Peter Lewis, Director of The Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology
Lizzie O’Shea, Chair of Digital Rights Watch
Dan Stinton, Managing Director of Guardian Australia
Special guest:
Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran, Tech Policy Director at Reset Australia
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