This report explores TikTok’s data collection and use practices, as an example of how social media handles children’s data. The report calls for stronger regulation and independent oversight to ensure children and young people’s data is collected and used in ways that are in their best interests.

This report describes research into the terms and conditions of apps popular with children and young people, finding nine of the 10 surveyed apps required a tertiary level reading age. A survey of young people found very few were confident they understood the terms. The report calls for a data code to protect the interests...

Using Facebook as a case study, this report explores how social media platforms profile young people for advertising purposes. Stronger data protection regulations are needed to ensure data relating to under 18-year-olds is only used in ways that are in their best interests.