Communications
Alternative labels
Mass communication
Communications media
Communications policy
Evaluation
Age Assurance Technology Trial
The Age Assurance Technology Trial evaluated the effectiveness, reliability and privacy impacts of a range of age assurance technologies. It assesses their performance against a wide range of internationally recognised criteria. It finds age assurance can be done in Australia privately, efficiently and effectively.
Working paper
Voice AI and authenticity: current issues and emerging challenges
Voice technologies are rapidly being integrated into generative artificial intelligence (AI) enabled systems and applications. This paper surveys and historically situates these developments, reviews the current literature in relevant fields, and outlines some emerging responses to the challenges such technologies present to the issue of authenticity in real-world settings.
Report
Social media minimum age obligation, roundtable discussion: parents and carers
This report provides parent- and carer-based insights to inform eSafety’s implementation of the Social Media Minimum Age obligation in Australia, derived from two roundtable sessions. The report details the themes of the discussion in relation to four key focus areas identified by the eSafety Commissioner. It synthesises discussion input into key recommendations.
Report
Engaged journalism in the heartland: understanding regional news audiences
Local news often serves as the primary source of community information and is a platform for civic participation. However, local news provision in regional Australia is declining, while audience needs are shifting. This study confirms a void in the provision of local news. The report includes key recommendations for the local news industry and stakeholders.
Guide
The child sexual abuse language guide
This guide reflects the perspectives of more than 100 victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, who identified terms that reduce harm and support recovery and those that should be avoided. It is designed for anyone working in child protection, policy, practice, education, healthcare, research, justice or communications.