This short submission addresses a specific proposal in the Industry Standards for Class 1A & 1B Material for Designated Internet Services and Relevant Electronic Services. It highlights concerns that the minimum age of default privacy settings violates children’s rights and these decisions do not appear to be made in children’s best interests.

This report documents the nature of some of the more troubling consumer manipulation practices currently occurring in Australia. It explores how targeted advertising affects people who gamble, consume alcohol, are experiencing financial stress, and how it affects children and young people.

This report summarises a policy roundtable held with 15 experts, unpacking legislative and regulatory interventions around misinformation and disinformation in the context of the Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill.

This paper reports on a policy roundtable considering privacy legislation reforms prohibiting the targeting of children except where it is in their best interests. It makes recommendations on implementing the best interests principle, including developing clear guidelines to assess what best interests mean in practice.

This research explored whether content relating to the Voice referendum in Australia was over- or under-moderated on TikTok, Facebook and X and if it displayed political bias. No political bias was detected, but misinformation was substantially under-moderated across all three platforms.