Communications
Alternative labels
Mass communication
Communications media
Communications policy
Guide
Social media minimum age: regulatory guidance
Regulatory guidance for the online industry, setting out reasonable steps to comply with Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age obligation, due to take effect on 10 December 2025. It outlines how social media platforms can meet their obligations through deploying age assurance technologies, improved reporting pathways and clear communication with users.
Report
Digital platforms’ efforts under voluntary arrangements to combat disinformation and misinformation
This report sets out the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation digital platform signatories' efforts under the voluntary arrangements to combat disinformation and misinformation. It offers insights into key developments and data reported by signatories throughout 2024, including information on policies and approaches to artificial intelligence, content moderation and coordinated inauthentic behaviour.
Report
Mapping the digital gap: Warakurna, WA 2025 community update report
This report outlines updated findings from the second and third research visit to Warakurna Community in Western Australia's (WA's) Ngaanyatjarra Lands. It outlines changes in First Nations digital inclusion over three years, updating the state and usage of communications and media services in Warakurna from 2023 to 2025.
Submission
ADM+S submission to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy
This submission to the Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy draws on research conducted ahead of the 2025 Australian Federal Election to track political advertising in key electorates. The research revealed that astroturfing in climate and energy debates is not the work of fringe actors but a systematic strategy of mainstream...
Report
Young men’s media landscaping report
This report explores online data from young men aged 12 to 17 years old across six countries providing a comprehensive, nationally representative map of their digital ecosystems and key emergent trends. It provides evidence-based and actionable insights that researchers, policymakers and practitioners can use to connect online beliefs and behaviours to relevant health issues facing...