This Week In Digital Trust
This Week In Digital Trust
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#19 Safeguarding our history and national identity, and the fight for anonymity
39 minutes Posted Jun 14, 2022 at 1:43 am.
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What's an archivist do and how do we think about their role in the context of digitisation and other technology trends? This week Arj and Jordan are joined by archivist and fellow elevenM-er Cassie Findlay to discuss these questions, as the national broadcaster announces a major cut in archivists jobs.

They also look at the implications for online anonymity after a Federal court ruling requiring Twitter to hand over the personal information of the PRGuy17 Twitter account as part of a defamation lawsuit.

Links and notes:

About Cassie Findlay: Cassie is a member of the Australian Society of Archivists' Advocacy Committee. Twitter: @CassPF

ABC statement: https://about.abc.net.au/statements/abc-archives-proposal-for-change/

Australian Society of Archivists and the Australian Library and Information Association statement: https://www.archivists.org.au/about-us/statements/joint-statement-on-abc-staffing-cuts

Guardian article about Federal Court order re: PRGuy17: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/07/twitter-ordered-to-hand-over-prguy17s-personal-information-as-part-of-defamation-suit