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Samantha Floreani

Samantha Floreani

Canberra Times

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Who does Woolworths’ tracking and timing of its workers serve? It’s certainly not the customers

What’s worse than a tyrant boss? That’s easy: it’s a robot tyrant boss. Or, more specifically, it’s a tyrant boss using algorithmic management...

24.10.2024 10

The Guardian

Samantha Floreani

From politics to porn: will 2024 be the year in which deepfake fears finally become real?

As long as there have been deepfakes, there has been political deepfake panic. Concerns about the use of deepfakes – that is, artificially generated...

25.07.2024 9

The Guardian

Samantha Floreani

Australian politicians think 15-year-olds are old enough to go to jail but not go on Facebook. They’re kidding themselves

Imagine: you’re 15 years old. You’re old enough to get a job. You’re old enough to go to jail. But you’re not old enough to go on Facebook....

23.05.2024 40

The Guardian

Samantha Floreani

Yes, TikTok sucks. But the rules for tech giants must be better than ‘it’s only bad if China does it’

What year is it? All this talk of a TikTok ban makes it feel like 2020 again. But this time it might eventuate. Last week the US House of...

19.03.2024 20

The Guardian

Samantha Floreani

In a digital ecosystem that relentlessly creates, extracts and stores, the notion of a disappearing text is very appealing

What will be left of us online after we’re gone? For me, I hope it’s a collection of hot selfies, sassy tweets, and maybe even some writing that...

08.03.2024 4

The Guardian

Samantha Floreani

It’s possible to find spirituality in technology, but beware those who misuse it for personal gain

A TikTok tarot card reader gazes at me through the screen and draws a card. “If you’re seeing this,” she coos, “it was meant for you.” And...

17.01.2024 4

The Guardian

Samantha Floreani

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