This short submission addresses a specific proposal in the Industry Standards for Class 1A & 1B Material for Designated Internet Services and Relevant Electronic Services. It highlights concerns that the minimum age of default privacy settings violates children’s rights and these decisions do not appear to be made in children’s best interests.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been undertaking an inquiry into Digital Platform Services since 2020. Matters being considered by the Inquiry include competition in markets for the supply of digital platform services, practices of suppliers of digital platform services which may result in harm and how innovation and technology change may affect...

This inquiry examined the nature and extent of international digital platforms operated by large overseas-based multinational technology companies—so called ‘Big Tech’— exerting power and influence over markets and public debate, to the detriment of Australian democracy and users.

This is the seventh interim report for the ACCC's Digital Platform Services Inquiry. The report considers competition and consumer issues from the expanding ecosystems of digital platform providers in Australia.

As a society, we will benefit from an ongoing public conversation about how to create better children’s internet experiences. The purpose of this document is to investigate the elements and characteristics of the Children’s Internet and to show how to make it better for future generations of children.