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Who owns the wealth beneath your feet? The AI engine exposing Nigeria’s ‘hidden’ miners

Across rural Nigeria, host communities watch heavy machinery dig up their land daily. But ask locals who hold the operational licence, what minerals are being extracted, or what community benefits they are legally owed—and the room goes silent. To fight this “information opacity,” Anthony Adejuwon and his team at Urban Alert spent nine months building […]

Who owns the wealth beneath your feet? The AI engine exposing Nigeria’s ‘hidden’ miners

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Your privacy policy now has to describe your AI

From 10 December 2026, Australian Privacy Principles 1.7 to 1.9 require APP entities to disclose automated decision-making in their privacy policy.

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  • Applies to organizations classified as APP entities under Privacy Act
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