Disinformation has fundamentally altered the functioning of our public square and our democracy. Increasingly, fair and factual debate is a rarity. The experiment outlined in this report sought to test Facebook’s ad review system by attempting to approve advertisements that explicitly promoted election disinformation narratives that were common in the last US election.

This report describes the rules young people want to govern the collection and use of their personal data by digital platforms, It explores their concerns related to current practices, including issues of consent and personalisation. The report calls for the introduction of a data code for children and young people.

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.