This is the second of two reports in eSafety’s 'Young People and Pornography' research series. This report contributes to the evidence base on young people’s attitudes towards the age-based restriction of access to online pornography and age assurance, including but not limited to age assurance tools.

This research reports on a survey of Australians asking their opinions about targeted advertising. Significant majorities of people find targeted ads intrusive and unhelpful. There is widespread support for enhanced regulation in this area, including strong support for proposals requiring platforms to provide opt-out choices.

While digital security ultimately depends on the decisions made by private actors (e.g. network operators and their suppliers), this report underlines the role governments can play to enhance the digital security of communication networks.

Data fuels the algorithms that run the products and systems people use every day, but without appropriate privacy regulations, data breaches can put users at risk. This paper proposes creating a Canadian privacy Regulatory Authority Advisory Body that would set privacy standards and ensure compliance among organisations.

This investigation set out to explore whether digital platforms remove electoral process misinformation when they are made aware of it via user-reporting.