CAMERON WILSON
@cameronwilson.bsky.social
the only Australian on the internet. www.cameronwilson.com.au
i write @thesizzle.com.au and report at @crikey.com.au
Author of CONSPIRACY NATION http://bio.to/conspiracynation
i write @thesizzle.com.au and report at @crikey.com.au
Author of CONSPIRACY NATION http://bio.to/conspiracynation
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CAMERON WILSON
@cameronwilson.bsky.social
· Apr 16
Our secret plot has finally been revealed:
Ariel Bogle and I have written a book: 'CONSPIRACY NATION: Exposing the dangerous world of Australian conspiracy theories'
We have a lot to share about what we uncovered, but for now you can pre-order it here: bio.to/ConspiracyNation
Ariel Bogle and I have written a book: 'CONSPIRACY NATION: Exposing the dangerous world of Australian conspiracy theories'
We have a lot to share about what we uncovered, but for now you can pre-order it here: bio.to/ConspiracyNation
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Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
this is why we need to fund the arts btw
GOOD NEWS: “AI chatbots will dish on topics like nuclear weapons, child sex abuse material, and malware so long as users phrase the question in the form of a poem,” researchers found. Let @mjgault.bsky.social bring you some holiday cheer!
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
this is why we need to fund the arts btw
There’s new stranger things out? No thanks, i already see enough Stranger Things in the freaken news 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There’s new stranger things out? No thanks, i already see enough Stranger Things in the freaken news 🤣
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they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
This is the anti-Australian bias I’d like to see those tech moguls hauled in front of parliament to answer for
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is the anti-Australian bias I’d like to see those tech moguls hauled in front of parliament to answer for
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I've covered this in the piece but TLDR:
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I've covered this in the piece but TLDR:
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
would’ve been a good opportunity to actually make a public app designed for youth before all this came into effect
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Waited to get the court docs before reporting on the high court challenge to the social media ban.
They reveal an injunction will be sought against esafety, the minister and the govt to stop enforcement. And one of the teens is turning 16 before the ban.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
They reveal an injunction will be sought against esafety, the minister and the govt to stop enforcement. And one of the teens is turning 16 before the ban.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban
Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, both 15, are supported by a digital rights group led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Waited to get the court docs before reporting on the high court challenge to the social media ban.
They reveal an injunction will be sought against esafety, the minister and the govt to stop enforcement. And one of the teens is turning 16 before the ban.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
They reveal an injunction will be sought against esafety, the minister and the govt to stop enforcement. And one of the teens is turning 16 before the ban.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
writ for the teen social media ban high court challenge is out: cdn.prod.website-fil...
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
writ for the teen social media ban high court challenge is out: cdn.prod.website-fil...
NEW: With less than two weeks to go, we still don't know if all of the tech platforms listed as being in the ban are going to comply.
Twitch and Kick have both confirmed to Crikey that they will. But there's still two who won't say:
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Twitch and Kick have both confirmed to Crikey that they will. But there's still two who won't say:
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
NEW: With less than two weeks to go, we still don't know if all of the tech platforms listed as being in the ban are going to comply.
Twitch and Kick have both confirmed to Crikey that they will. But there's still two who won't say:
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Twitch and Kick have both confirmed to Crikey that they will. But there's still two who won't say:
www.crikey.com.au/20...
"Deloitte allegedly cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government", per Forbes
fortune.com/2025/11/...
fortune.com/2025/11/...
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"Deloitte allegedly cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government", per Forbes
fortune.com/2025/11/...
fortune.com/2025/11/...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Just a quick reminder to be aware that everyone around you is going through some kind of struggle; and you should find out what that is and use it against them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just a quick reminder to be aware that everyone around you is going through some kind of struggle; and you should find out what that is and use it against them.
A parliamentary inquiry considering the teen social media ban has recommended delaying its implementation, among other recommendations
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A parliamentary inquiry considering the teen social media ban has recommended delaying its implementation, among other recommendations
I know lawyers have to argue this stuff but saying “sorry we’re not responsible for telling your kid to suicide because we said they you shouldn’t use it for suicide” is soooo crazy
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I know lawyers have to argue this stuff but saying “sorry we’re not responsible for telling your kid to suicide because we said they you shouldn’t use it for suicide” is soooo crazy
A constitutional challenge to Australia's teen social media ban has been filed in court, according to a spokesperson for Digital Freedom Project group.
Details here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/t...
Details here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/t...
Teen social media ban constitutional challenge filed, group says
A spokesperson for Digital Freedom Project told Crikey that a challenge had been filed in court on Wednesday morning.
www.crikey.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A constitutional challenge to Australia's teen social media ban has been filed in court, according to a spokesperson for Digital Freedom Project group.
Details here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/t...
Details here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/t...
Politicians behind the teen social media ban have a surprising message: "expect problems".
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Politicians behind the teen social media ban have a surprising message: "expect problems".
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
this is interesting! Substack is adding age verification because of UK's Online Safety Act
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
this is interesting! Substack is adding age verification because of UK's Online Safety Act
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"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The 2018 strawberry needle saga
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The 2018 strawberry needle saga