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Smartglasses could face government regulation, says Plibersek
Tanya Plibersek says the government is reviewing the import of smartglasses, dubbed by some as “pervert glasses”.
I think it is really concerning when tech companies just, come up with these products and release them without thought of how they can be misused. …
I don’t think it’s right to be able to walk up to someone and film an interaction without them knowing that the interactions being filmed.
The attorney general has asked the privacy commissioner to look specifically at these glasses, and the attorney general will have more to say about the import of the glasses soon.
I think there’s a lot of schools out there who don’t want to have frank conversations with young people, because they’re worried that parents will object to their children and young people being spoken to directly. I think we are well beyond that. We know that children, as young as 10, are seeing pornography before they’ve had their first kiss. They’re getting their sex education from pornography.
We have to stop that … but we also need to be honest with young people, and talk to them about what healthy and respectful relationships look like, in an age appropriate way, from preschool, all the way through school, through Tafe and university.
Well, I’m never going to say there’s enough [being done], while a single woman is killed in a year or a single child. I’m never going to say it’s enough, but no government has done more than ours.
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Source: www.theguardian.com
