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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, Department of Kinesiology; Epidemiogist at Henry Ford Health, University of Windsor
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Law; Academic Co-Lead, CSAM Deterrence Centre, University of Tasmania
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PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor
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PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor
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Dean of Kinesiology, University of New Brunswick; University of Windsor
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, University of British Columbia
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Lecturer, Deakin University
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PLMJ chair in law and technology at Católica Global School of Law and Católica Lisbon School of Law and academic fellow, Bocconi University
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Doctoral Candidate, Media and Communication, University of Stavanger
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad