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Date: 2026-06 

What are the Harms of Digital Harms?

Public Lecture by Rob Cover, Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the RMIT Digital Ethnography Research Centre

18 June 2026, 5pm -6:30pm | Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (G.130) UWA

Digital harms such as online abuse, harassment, doxxing, disinformation and AI-generated deepfakes have increased substantially over the past decade, with more than 70% of Australian adults encountering harmful content or behaviour. Although many governments around the world are regulating platforms to be more responsive to harmful digital content, regulation is failing, misogyny and racist hate continue to circulate, and the digital experience is becoming ever-more toxic, with serious impact on psychological, emotional and social wellbeing. In this talk, Rob will showcase his recent research on digital harms remedies, how everyday Australians are navigating toxic digital media and some of the solutions needed to detoxify digital culture. He will discuss the role of penalties for perpetrators, better platform compliance models, how to educate everyday users to be better digital citizens and the potential for international agencies to guide harm reduction. Our social future now relies on grassroots, multi-sector “war on lies and hate”.

This talk is supported By The UWA School of Social Sciences and The Frontier Technology and Society Research Lab

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