Director, Social Change @RMIT, Editor-in-Chief @arist_org. Info science, qualitative, metal, cats (Threads/IG: @lisamgiven; @lisagiven.bsky.social)
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined December 2009
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My new book (with Donald O. Case and @rebekahwillson) is out now! We explore decades of international research on people’s engagement with information, with sections on #misinformation #Covid_19 #SDGs #researchdesigns and so much more! @asist_org @AcadSocSci @RMIT @ResearchRMIT – at Melbourne, Victoria
📘 New book out now! Looking for Information: Examining Research on How People Engage with Information
🔎 Discover more about the book: bit.ly/EP_LookingforInfo
@lisagiven @RMIT @arist_org @EmeraldIKM #informationbehaviour #userexperience
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Australia passes social media ban for children under 16
reut.rs/4fQ7mky
Today I wrote an article for @ConversationEDU on the government’s announcement they will impose a #dutyofcare on the tech companies to combat harmful content, including misinformation. Will they step back from a social media ban for kids #auspol #noageban theconversation.com/australi…
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💥New: "What is clear from the survey’s qualitative responses is the strong demand for institutional support. Researchers are calling for structured training, better access to tools and clear regulations"
#ResearchMethods #ResearchCulture wp.me/p4m9em-dlx
Prof/Dr Lisa M Given, FASSA 🇨🇦🇦🇺 retweeted
Congrats to @jocattlin, @lisagivenProf, Dr Alexandra Ridgway & Prof Falk Scholer who will host a workshop to build social sciences-informed capability for ethical + socially responsible #AI projects + programs. @RMIT
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And there it is.
Under this Labor government, every Australian - regardless of their age - will be forced to provide their ID and other private details of themselves to social media companies.
Don’t say you were not warned.
#NoAgeBan
"everyone will have to go through age verification process ", "Yes" said Labor Jenny McAllister
Albanese's Social media ban requires everyone's Age verification by Labor before you can access social media.
You will need Labors permission to access your accounts
#NoAgeBan
Prof/Dr Lisa M Given, FASSA 🇨🇦🇦🇺 retweeted
For anyone interested in age verification ID and implications for risk of identity theft and cybersecurity in the US👇 Age Verification Systems Will Be a Personal Identifiable Information Nightmare | Communications of the ACM dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36605…
Prof/Dr Lisa M Given, FASSA 🇨🇦🇦🇺 retweeted
The Albanese government has announced a plan to ban kids under 16 from social media. There’s no explanation why this age was chosen, and the decision flies in the face of expert advice writes @lisagiven from @rmit. theconversation.com/australi…
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As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access.
A thread, with links:
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Study of 554 resumes & 571 job descriptions evaluated by AI (3 LLM's) finds they favored white names 85% of the time; female names only 11%. The AI preferred white men even for female-dominated roles, like HR workers. @lstiffler1 h/t @JessicaCalarco
geekwire.com/2024/ai-overwhe…
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"A machine learning engineer said he initially discovered hallucinations in about half of the over 100 hours of Whisper transcriptions he analyzed. A third developer said he found hallucinations in nearly every one of the 26,000 transcripts" apnews.com/article/ai-artifi…
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Study (N=200 courses) tested 3 interventions to reduce gender bias in student evals, but none were effective. "Women who were tough graders or taught large classes received more criticism than men with the same grading style or class size." @kimelsesser
forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser…
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Tech has "an interest in creating user-agreements that assign liability to users of these technologies (‘use them at your own risk!’), while taking credit for the ways in which these AI assistants can be useful." #AIEthics By @SilviaMilano1 @SvenNyholm
nature.com/articles/s42256-0…
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It's not just a teen social media ban, @cameronwilson writes, but a national social media age verification scheme. crikey.com.au/2024/10/14/tee…
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'Providing more proactive support...rather than pursuing social media bans, would go a long way to protecting young Australians while also ensuring they have access to helpful + supportive social media content,' writes Fellow @lisagiven⬇ @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com/the-gove…
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"Only 17% of legal professionals said they thought allowing AI to provide legal advice would be ethically acceptable; but among risk & fraud professionals, 57% said they believe using AI to provide advice or strategic recommendations is okay." #AIEthics
thomsonreuters.com/en-us/pos…
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@lisagiven explains that like the whole idea of banning young people from social media, allowing limited access to platforms that have a “low risk of harm” is deeply flawed. @rmit theconversation.com/the-gove…