Activists head down Bourke St on Naarm/Melbourne to say no to war and militarism from here to Sudan to Gaza

The ethics of care, mutual aid and community in the Palestine liberation movement is showing us all that another world and way of living with each other is possible. This is why the Zionists and those who indulge their propaganda are terrified. You cannot suppress a movement

#iCS Collection. 🚨 Digital Media Studies in Latin America! A selection of the best we have published from the region made 📷free to view📷 for a limited time Edited by Ignacio Siles Edgar Gómez Cruz & Paola Ricaurte. tandfonline.com/journals/rics2…

Final call for #humanities scholars 📢 — applications for our 2024 grants & awards close this Sunday 5 May. This year, we’re pleased to offer several high-profile awards recognising excellence in the humanities, including the Max Crawford Medal & the John Mulvaney Fellowship

Great insightful reporting by Mostafa Rachwani and Ariel Bogle on community (mis)use of WhatsApp in the aftermath of the incident at the Assyrian church in Western Sydney (with comments from AmeliaJohns, who has a new great book on that platform!) theguardian.com/australia-news…

Some great investigative journalism by Mostafa Rachwani and Ariel Bogle on the role WhatsApp played in the Wakeley riot. I was honoured to add a few insights.

Tonight on Australia’s ABCTV news, broadcast around the country and online, this story appeared which discussed the forthcoming abctv documentary on Compass on 5 May at 6.30pm, ‘Not In My Name’. It features my friend from Gaza, Mariam Dawwas, the grim situation in Palestine and

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda and AJ+ win Peabody Award for Gaza war coverage. And Bisan dedicated her award to protesters around the world who are supporting Gaza. aje.io/om82pu

APAN demands that the Australian Government takes decisive action to enforce the International Court of Justice’s order for Israel to cease its offensive in Rafah and end its genocide in Gaza. Read more - apan.org.au/media_release/… #auspol #freepalestine #endthegenocide

Please join us for an inspiring talk by Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, with a distinguished panel to explore the intersection of technology, ethics & responsible AI at 6pm Wednesday June 19 Great Hall UTS Signal Meredith Whittaker events.humanitix.com/vcdf-meredith-…

AmeliaJohns (UTS) explains that young people use social media to connect with culture and community, and to have a voice on political issues that concern them. theconversation.com/culturally-div…

Culturally diverse teens greatly benefit from social media – banning it would cause harm theconversation.com/culturally-div… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand AmeliaJohns Ping Erin Fitzpatrick Dr A Therese Riley

On Senator Fatima Payman quitting the Labor party. A short 🧵 1. The Labor government has invoked “social cohesion”, “social harmony”, “avoiding division”, “respect”, “diversity”, being part of a “team” to discipline, punish and silence Fatima Payman. It’s the same language

#IStandWithFatimaPayman There are in Australian politics some genocide enablers who mouth justifications that aim to legitimise the ongoing mass murder of Palestinians: Hamas, they started it, they are all murderers,etc. But the most important division, which also exists within

🚨 With AmeliaJohns and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu we have a new article out on The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand discussing Meta's decision to shut down CrowdTangle - one of the last tools left to study social media platforms SSPS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Sydney theconversation.com/meta-just-clos…

Truly awesome news 🎊🎉 well done Robbie. Very much deserved!

🤳 Culturally diverse teens greatly benefit from social media – banning it would cause harm AmeliaJohns Digital & Social Media UTS Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digi… #socialmediaban #P4DF

Culturally diverse teens greatly benefit from social media – banning it would cause harm, by Amelia Johns AmeliaJohns / LSE Impact Blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digi…

A piece I wrote 2 months back on why a social media ban is a terrible idea for culturally diverse youth has become even more urgent in light of the decision by Aus govt to move ahead with a social media ban for yp without consultation blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digi…

"... with a view to banning children from opening social media accounts" Banning children? This policy is missing the point. We don't ban children from buying alcohol, we ban businesses from selling it to them. #ChildRights #BusinessResponsibilities apnews.com/article/childr…