The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, was an independent community of scholars based at UNSW Sydney that operated from 1 November 2017 until 1 June 2024. It sought to add breadth and depth to research on the diverse interactions among technological change, law, and legal practice. It had influence over academic and policy debates through its engagement with the legal profession, the judiciary, industry, government and the broader community and its many submissions to policy processes.

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Lyria Bennett Moses

Tracking Violent Extremism Online and the Challenge of Open-Source Intelligence

Understanding online behaviours of extremist groups requires observation, analysis and often dissemination. 
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A Dangerous Convergence: The Inevitability of Mass Surveillance in European Jurisprudence

Hub stream lead Monika Zalnieriute argues a recent judgement points to an emerging dangerous convergence on the legality of bulk surveillance.
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Procedural Fetishism and Mass Surveillance under the European Court of Human Rights

In big Brother v UK, Hub lead Monika Zalnieriute argues the ECtHR endorses the legality of bulk surveillance operations via “procedural fetishism”.
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Submission: Review of Judicial Impartiality

Hub research lead Monika Zalnieriute has made a submission on judicial impartiality
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ACIC thinks there are no legitimate uses of encryption. They’re wrong, and here’s why it matters

Last week, in a submission to parliament, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) made an inaccurate and concerning claim about privacy...
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Submission: Inquiry into Draft Critical Infrastructure Asset Definition Rules

Take a look at the joint submission the Hub has made to the Department of Home Affairs. 
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Hub supports launch of Australian Cyber Law Map

A major challenge facing lawyers trying to engage with cyberlaw is a lack of understanding about what law already exists in Australia.
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Who owns your driving data?

The data generated by modern cars could be worth billions, but who owns it? Hub director Lyria Bennett Moses comments in The Australian.