Recent media reports have suggested neo-nazis in Australia may be actively trying to recruit autistic young men. Some research – including my own – suggests some autistic people may be more likely to engage with harmful content online, including conspiracy theories and extremist ideology. But this is a tricky area to research, and there’s still a…
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0 claims checkedAustralia has some of the world’s highest cigarette prices. Smoking half-a-pack a day costs about A$7,000 to $12,000 per year at prices of around $38–66 a pack in the legal market.
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The drumbeat of bad-news AI stories over the past few weeks (a few of them by this writer) has been draining – a cacophony of scare stories has sucked all the oxygen out of the room.
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