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Julia Powles

  • Research Fellow, Law & Tech, New York University
Australia, New York
As seen in: Medium, MSN UK, OneZero, Business Insider, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Guardian Australia, ABC News (Australia), CNBC, WIRED (UK) and
Associate Professor of Law @UWALawSchool & Director, Tech & Policy Lab. Ex @NYULaw @Cornell_Tech @Guardian @Cambridge_Uni @WIPO. julia.powles@uwa.edu.au
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Online Age-Gating Is the Wrong Answer

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By Julia Powles
| Project Syndicate Verified
en English Quarterly Winners & Losers Mar 16, 2026 and With social-media minimum-age restrictions – or “bans” – gaining traction globally, it is worth considering whether this popular new policy intervention is as effective as its proponents claim. The evidence suggests not, and even raises concerns that age-gating could do more harm than good. LOS ANGELES – Parents are sick and tired of negotiating screen time. The frustrating routine resets daily, not long after school.
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Tech companies are stealing our books, music and films for AI. It’s brazen theft and must be stopped

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By Anna Funder, Julia Powles
| Inkl
‘What is categorically disallowed for humans is being seriously discussed as acceptable for the handful of humans behind AI companies and their (not yet profit-making) machines.’ Illustration: Getty Images/Guardian Design Today’s large-scale AI systems are founded on what appears to be an extraordinarily brazen criminal enterprise: the wholesale, unauthorised appropriation of every available book, work of art and piece of performance that can be rendered digital.
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Tech companies are stealing our books, music and films for AI. It’s brazen theft and must be stopped

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By Anna Funder, Julia Powles
| MSN UK Verified
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