This paper reflects discussions from a roundtable of experts prompted by proposals to grow and expand Australia’s online safety standards. It makes recommendations for enhanced reforms to strengthen transparency and ensure effective compliance.

This policy briefing reflects discussions held at a roundtable of 20 experts from academia and civil society in March 2024, where participants explored the opportunities and challenges to regulate for transparency in the digital world in Australia. The briefing presents an overview of the discussion to advance thinking on best-practice transparency reporting and metrics specifically.

Many of the systems and elements that platforms build into their products create safety risks for end-users. This report explores the role of four systems (recommender systems, content moderation systems, ad approval systems and ad management systems) in creating risks around eating disorders.

This submission to the Government’s consultation on the Basic Online Safety Expectations in the Online Safety Act highlights suggested enhancements to systems and processes, accountability and transparency, protecting children's best interests, and taking a systemic approach to protecting against hate speech.

This paper explores 'targeting' from a child rights framework, identifying some of the more common ways targeting – as defined in the 2022 Privacy Act Review – interacts with children’s rights.