#lawreform — Public Fediverse posts

How far has deepfake technology evolved from a simple novelty to a potent weapon in the arsenal of coercive control? This article dives into the critical intersection of digital media, artificial intelligence, and personal safety.

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#DigitalSafety #AIethics #Deepfakes #CoerciveControl #DomesticAbuse #AIEthics #DigitalForensics #LawReform #SyntheticMedia #techethics

Virginia finally decides to jump on the #privacy bandwagon three years too late 🚂📍, with a #law so narrow you could squeeze it through the eye of a needle. Just don't expect your data to be safe while you're busy Googling how to escape Virginia! 🗺️😅
https://www.hunton.com/privacy-and-cybersecurity-law-blog/virginia-bans-sale-of-geolocation-data #Virginia #DataProtection #TechNews #LawReform #HackerNews #ngated

🍾🎉 Oh, joy! A US court finally realized that a law older than most people's great-grandparents might need a little updating. 🎈🧓 But sure, let's all pretend this is the pinnacle of legal innovation while the #moonshine flows like yesterday's #headlines. 🍻🚀
https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional/ #courtupdate #legalinnovation #lawreform #HackerNews #ngated

Looks like good news. Small steps towards law reform in England and Wales, but with a campaigning organisation tasked officially with doing the initial expert analysis!
Maybe there's a lesson here for other parts of government.
H/t Joshua Rozenberg on Bluesky
#LawReform #UKpol
https://lawcom.gov.uk/news/criminal-law-reform-now-networks-scoping-review-published/

A Submission on the Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 (Cth) - Professor Matthew Rimmer - Community Affairs Legislation Committee - Australian Senate https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/434/
#ecigarettes #vaping #law #litigation #lawreform #healthlaw #consumerlaw #advertisingregulation #auslaw #auspol

ANZ, NAB grilled over fossil fuels lending in Senate greenwashing inquiry https://www.capitalbrief.com/article/anz-nab-grilled-over-fossil-fuels-lending-in-senate-greenwashing-inquiry-a969d000-3579-49bd-860a-3d7e953ecd5d/
Senators also said flaws in existing corporate and consumer laws meant they failed to prevent consumers from buying products based on questionable sustainability claims. #greenwashing #auslaw #auspol #lawreform

Sustainable innovation: Intellectual property, technology transfer, and global public goods - QUT Media previews the Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals edited by Prof. Bita Amani Prof. Caroline B Ncube and myself https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=193013 As well as a foreword by Christine Milne AO, this work features research by Artha Dermawan, Gabriele Cifrodelli, Guido Noto La Diega, Carys Craig, Desmond Oriakhogba, PhD, Prof Lonias Ndlovu, Jorge Contreras, Titilayo Adebola, Faith Majekolagbe, Emmanuel Kolawole Oke, Julia Janewa Osei-Tutu, Paul Harpur OAM, Michael Ashley Stein, Peter K Yu, Jessica Lai, Muhammad Abbas, PhD, Daniel F Robinson, Miri (Magaret) Raven, Simon Lumsden, Taina Pihlajarinne, Md Mahatab Uddin, Md Saiful Karim, Natasha Tusikov, Krishna Ravi Srinivas, Myra Tawfik, Marcia Valiante, Sharon Sandeen, Felicity Deane, Chelsea Bodimeade and S Ali Malik. The collection is being published this month by Edward Elgar Publishing. #IP #SDGs #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #innovation #lawreform We hope to showcase more of this research over the coming months, as we launch the book in various regions around the world.

Following the Gambling Related Harm APPG & Peers for Gambling Reform joint evidence session on #LootBoxes on 15 January w/ David Zendle, Sarah Mills & me, no fewer than NINE (9!) parliamentary questions have been tabled in both Houses of Parliament on #enforcement, #research, and #lawreform. 🧐

Quick thread! 🧵

Orphan materials are so important but can be tricky to use (from a copyright perspective). The Australian Libraries and Archives Copyright Coalition looks at some of those culture treasures.
https://alacc.org.au/case-study-state-library-of-south-australia/
#OrphanWorks #Copyright #LawReform

With the news that QI hosts Sandi Toksvig and Stephen Fry have backed the legal recognition of humanist marriage, my new blog post explores ten quite interesting facts about marriage law reform: https://sandbergrlaw.wordpress.com/2023/04/18/ten-quite-interesting-facts-about-marriage-law-reform/

#Marriage #Humanism #StephenFry #SandiToksvig #law #legal #humanist #humanism #marriages #wedding #lawreform

#AgingParents in #Manitoba may lose the ability to apply for #FinancialAid from their children under provincial #legislation that's been on the books for almost a century — but which hasn't changed the amount of aid available in that time.
The rarely used #ParentsMaintenanceAct enacted in 1933, says that a child is liable to #ProvideSupport for a #dependent #parent who can no longer financially support themselves, if the child has the means to do so.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6785876

#LawReform #Canada

New research - Matthew Rimmer, 'The Right to Repair: Patent Law and 3D Printing in Australia' (2023) 20 (1) Script-ed 130-202 https://script-ed.org/article/the-right-to-repair-patent-law-and-3d-printing-in-australia/

#righttorepair #auspol #auslaw #patent #2dprinting #3dprinting #lawreform

Six months since the Law Commission’s final report on wedding law (https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/weddings/) as we await the Government’s response, here’s my summary of what the report said: https://lawandreligionuk.com/2022/07/23/deja-i-do-some-initial-thoughts-on-the-law-commissions-celebrating-marriage-report/

#law #marriage #marriages #wedding #weddings #lawreform #lawcommission #celebrants #humanists #humanist

If you want to see my top nine most liked posts on Instagram then head to: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm06XOprdGa/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

#instagram #2022year #top9 #topnine #cardiff #law #legalhistory #marriagelaw #lawreform

Interesting read. It seems all the pieces are in place for cannabis reform in this Parliament, but will the Premier take it up?
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A new leaf? Push for Victoria to lead the way on cannabis legalisation https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-new-leaf-push-for-victoria-to-lead-the-way-on-cannabis-legalisation-20221215-p5c6hf.html

#SpringSt #VicPol #Cannabis #CannabisReform #LawReform

Federal Govt removes the gag on legal aid centres that banned political advocacy, saying it “is ending this political censorship”. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/29/federal-labor-removes-gag-on-legal-aid-centres-that-banned-political-advocacy #FreeSpeech #Auslaw #PoliticalSpeech #LawReform

Good morning from #ottawa Last night in the Senate Chamber I spoke to #BillC5, which deals with mandatory minimum sentences - a speech inspired, inspired, in part, by the story of a woman I met while I was touring federal women’s prison in #Edmonton. If you are interested in #criminallaw, #lawreform, #indigenous issues & #CriminalCodeofCanada you may find this interesting. https://youtu.be/4Qekwqc46GQ #SenCa #cdnpoli #lcjc #yeg

The Internet Archive and the National Emergency Library: Copyright Law and COVID-19
by Matthew Rimmer
Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
Academic Editor: Patricia Easteal
Laws 2022, 11(5), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/laws11050079

#copyright #fairuse #libraries #COVID19 #education #knowledge #Internetarchive #authorship #publishing #litigation #lawreform