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After robodebt and now with biometric and facial recognition, it’s time for the law to respond

After robodebt and now with biometric and facial recognition, it’s time for the law to respond

  • Communications & Technology

The way that ‘robodebt’ collection has been conducted raises urgent questions about how the executive branch and Australian law is responding to the new capabilities of technology. But don’t we already have laws that can simply be applied to new technology? After all, a crime is a crime whether it is committed by paper or computer, isn’t it? Well, yes and no.