The risk-taking behaviours of children on adult-based platforms are largely unknown. This article presents findings on the online and offline behaviours of young people in Australia who, as children, used an adult-based platform. It found that children are exposed to risk both online and offline as a result of using these platforms.

The Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation has been adopted by a range of technology companies including Facebook and TikTok. This submission responds to a review of the voluntary code and strongly argues against a proposal to reduce the Code's scope to focus only on the more limited category of disinformation and not...

This discussion paper has been prepared to assist public consultation for the 2025 review of the self-regulatory Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation. The current review of the Code will examine the scope and potential improvements to the Code’s governance and oversight.

This submission is based on research on political disinformation and advertising on WeChat, RedNote and Chinese-language YouTube channels during the 2025 Australian federal election. The findings uncover the challenges in electoral regulation and enforcement, particularly concerning political advertising and disinformation that may undermine Australia’s electoral integrity. The submission provides four recommendations.

This report explores the evolving relationship between Australian news organisations, social media (Facebook) and online audiences. The study analyses more than three million posts from 25 Australian news publishers to gain insights into how news content is distributed, how audiences engage with news topics, and the nature of misinformation and disinformation spread.