Fergus Hanson

Director @ASPI_ICPC. Author of Internet Wars: the struggle for power in the 21st century.

[Raji Pillai, PhD; raji143.bsky.social on BlueSky @raji143]

Happy to have contributed a short piece for @ASPI_org on the recently concluded India-Australia military exercise; Chi helped Ind & Aus develop closer security ties. given current trends, this will likely get stronger. #AustraHind #IndiaAustraliaSecurity #IndoPacific

[Fergus Hanson @FergusHanson]

A great job has opened up @ASPI_org-mine! The @ASPI_ICPC team is an incredible group of super talents and a joy to work with. I had no intention of leaving b/c there r so many great projects in the pipeline, but got an offer a while back I couldn't refuse https://t.co/AZ1CA0g5Uj

[Nathan Ruser @Nrg8000]

10 days ago Indian and Chinese troops clashed on the LAC, the most violent incident since the 2020 Galwan clashes. With @GrewalBaani and new satellite imagery, we have mapped the area and explained the clashes. Read our report at https://t.co/pVIHYL0ikn
& this thread 🧵

[Justin Bassi @BassiJustin]

Always a pleasure to catch up with @orfonline President, @samirsaran, a consistent source of inspiration for taking think tanks to new heights. I look forward to more @ASPI_org-@orfonline collaboration in 2023. Watch this space indeed!

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

ICYMI 📢

Ahead of the Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) on 6 December, ASPI released 'With a little help from my friends', a compendium that offers recommendations for opportunities that 🇦🇺 & 🇺🇸 can capitalise on at AUSMIN 2022. https://t.co/lY91NJsUVw

[Fergus Ryan @fryan]

In my new opinion piece for @NikkeiAsia, I call on YouTube to close their loophole allowing PRC-based creators to monetise content on the platform.

If they don’t, they’re effectively subsidising state-backed propaganda & disinformation.

https://t.co/iWHkRd2ODC

[Nathan Ruser @Nrg8000]

Since widespread protests broke out in China following a deadly fire in Urumqi that many blame on strict COVID-prevention measures we have tracked 43 public protests across 22 Chinese cities, including 4 on Monday.

See this map for details and DM me for underlying data.

[Fergus Hanson @FergusHanson]

Good to see the Senate re-establish a Cmte on Foreign Interference Through Social Media. My colleagues @ASPI_org have produced several reports on this (a great recent one here: https://t.co/YNHDdHrLhv). It remains a tough and unaddressed policy space. https://t.co/h2eXxAkm83

[Fergus Ryan @fryan]

Our 2021 @ASPI_ICPC paper 'Borrowing Mouths to Speak on Xinjiang' is cited several times in this year's @CECCgov report to US Congress.

https://t.co/8I6olBML1D

Check out our key findings below. 👇

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

'A digital identity system... provides people with the ability to control exactly what is shared with whom, and ensures that only the minimum necessary data is shared' writes @RajivShahMDR https://t.co/uEWn3sR4Ev

[Fergus Ryan @fryan]

Chinese influencer Li Ziqi has 17.2 million followers on YouTube.

She's the biggest by far, but there are thousands of other China-based accounts on the platform.

But wait. Isn't YouTube blocked in China? What gives?

Here's how it all works. 🧵

[Fergus Hanson @FergusHanson]

@RajivShahMDR has written a good brief on the key issues that need addressing for this $600M+ scheme to work. Take a read: https://t.co/hg2b5CpzSI

[Fergus Hanson @FergusHanson]

New @ASPI_ICPC report out today on Digital ID. This is a really tricky policy space in Australia because of a long history of failure and overreach. But there is a lot of opportunity if it's well done: more privacy, more convenience and ⬆️productivity https://t.co/hg2b5CpzSI

[Fergus Hanson @FergusHanson]

Key things we need: 1) Legislation that protects citizens and provides a lot of transparency; 2) Ban attribute vending; 3) Roll-out the scheme to businesses (& in parallel disincentivise personal identity data collection); 4) Give states a say in the governance.

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Oh, INTERESTING. It will get crowded out by the Xi-Albanese meeting etc. But Japan and the US have just announced at the G20 that they're throwing $100 million USD (in credit guarantees) into finance for Telstra's purchase of Digicel Pacific...

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

'Cybersecurity should be made a leadership responsibility, just like all other aspects of organisational culture through which performance is judged and for which there are real consequences for negligence | Read @FergusHanson's article in @FinancialReview https://t.co/ffEbwjHgQY