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The Algorithm charter for Aotearoa New Zealand was released by the New Zealand Government earlier this year. The charter has the potential to further discriminate against Māori than the current biases of Data, Algorithms and Machine learning already does. This discrimination against minorities and women is well documented internationally. The government also claimed the Charter … Read more
NetSafe released their second Ngā taiohi matihiko o Aotearoa – New Zealand Kids Online. The research analyses New Zealand children’s experiences of online risks and their perceptions of harm. Two milestones for Māori. One ‘Kia ora’ is spelled orthographically correct this time (also AirNZ has rectified this too) removing a distraction. I believe this is … Read more
This is the Fifth in a series of articles I am writing about Māori ethics with AI, Data sovereignty and Robotics. Article 4: Treaty Clause Required for NZ Government AI Systems and Algorithms; Article 3: Māori Ethical considerations with Artificial Intelligence Systems; Article 2: Māori ethics associated with AI systems architecture and Article 1: Māori cultural … Read more
This is the fourth in a series of articles I am writing about Māori ethics with AI, Data sovereignty and Robotics. Article 3: Māori Ethical considerations with Artificial Intelligence Systems; Article 2: Māori ethics associated with AI systems architecture and Article 1: Māori cultural considerations with Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. The next planned articles are”Indigenising the … Read more
UPDATE: A complete set of Māori ethics Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti and Māori Ethics Guidelines for: AI, Algorithms, Data and IOT This is the third in a series of articles I am writing about Māori ethics with AI, Data sovereignty and Robotics*. Article 2 Māori ethics associated with AI systems architecture and Article 1 Māori … Read more
A summary of Māori Internet safety statistics taken from three NetSafe reports from 2019. Image based sexual abuse report (2019) Threatening someone with image-based sexual abuse was more common among Asian (8%) and Māori (6%) compared with other ethnic groups. Parents of NZ European/Pākehā, Māori, and Pacific children were significantly more worried about their children … Read more
UPDATE: A complete set of Māori ethics Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti and Māori Ethics Guidelines for: AI, Algorithms, Data and IOT This is the second in a series of articles I am writing about Māori ethics with AI, Data sovereignty and Robotics. Article 1 Māori cultural considerations with Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Background My primary … Read more
UPDATE: A complete set of Māori ethics Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti and Māori Ethics Guidelines for: AI, Algorithms, Data and IOT This is the first in a series of articles I am writing about Māori ethics with AI, Data sovereignty and Robotics. Article 2 Māori ethics associated with AI systems architecture. I spent this week … Read more
A Law Foundation-funded report Digital Threats to Democracy, one of the most in-depth reports published locally to date on the negative side effects accompanying the rise of digital media. The report also considers Māori and Indigenous democratic issues. Again, the first time this has occurred. I have extracted key Māori views from the report which … Read more
Māori are still prominent victims of online bullying according to the latest research by Action Station discussing impacts and usefulness of the Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) a powerful piece of legislation that was enacted to address the issue of online abuse. However it is not sufficient to address every issue of online hate, harassment … Read more
Law Commission is seeking public submissions on DNA with criminal cases. Submissions close: 31 March 2019. DNA is a Taonga: A Customary Māori Perspective view The aims of the consultation are to ensure that the law (Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995) governing the use of DNA in criminal investigations is: Fit for purpose Constitutionally sound Accessible … Read more
Online Māori are increasingly becoming targets of direct ethnic online scams that utilise our culture to try to take advantage of Māori. The latest scam involves someone on Facebook, Instagram, Phone message and other social media claiming to he one of the whanau, a cuzzie. The scams are sophisticated and take a bit of effort. … Read more
An analysis of Māori data from the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) report titled “Research findings of a survey on how and why Young New Zealanders view online pornography” published in December 2018. The complete report is available from https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5425697/NZYouthandPorn.pdf A young person is a person aged between 14 and 17. The report … Read more
This article extracts Māori specific information from the NetSafe report titled “Personal Experiences of Online Hate Speech and offers personal analysis of their results and my personal experience with online hate. I have critiqued the definitions used int he survey. That critique is at the end of the article. Māori appear to be statistically better off … Read more
Culture and Context in Online Safety Session at the Crossroads. Notes from the panel discussion I was involved with at the NetSafety conference Crossroads. The latest Internet Safety research from NetSafe shows that Māori are again over represented in negative statistics, this time for being victims of online abuse in its various forms. On the … Read more
Māori teens, especially girls and those with a disability are at higher risk than any other ethnic group in New Zealand to be harassed and to receive unsolicited nude images. The latest NetSafe report shows that Māori are more likely to be harassed online via unwanted communications. The most common types of unwanted digital communications … Read more
This paper discusses the implications of traditional tikanga Māori practices with Genetic scientific research. Objectives There are four primary objectives for this research: To show a direct relationship between traditional Māori tikanga and cosmology to explain why tikanga is applicable to genomic research. To review the current guidelines for dealing with Māori and genomics. To … Read more
In late 2017 NetSafe released a research report about New Zealand teenage sexting. NetSafe state that the report was the first time this type of research had been completed in New Zealand and that it is a snap shot that they hoped would be a springboard for more research. This report analyzes the NetSafe research … Read more