The internet is an unimaginably vast repository of modern life, with hundreds of billions of indexed webpages. However, this analysis from the Pew Research Center shows just how fleeting online content actually is.

This study examines demographic characteristics and online behaviours associated with having received requests for facilitated child sexual exploitation (CSE) online in the 12 months until January 2023. Specifically, the researchers examined whether ‘sharenting’ practices (that is, sharing photos of or information regarding children online) may be associated with an increased likelihood of receiving requests for...

This policy brief explores both the benefits and risks to young people’s mental health associated with smartphone and social media use, and discusses the ways in which to harness the positive aspects of the digital environment while averting or minimising the potential mental health harms associated with the online world among young Australians.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a timely thought-piece. It identifies some emerging opportunities in the digital regulatory space, although it is not intended to be a total review of the Australian policy landscape.

The author of this paper argues that the digitisation of human discourse is an immense undertaking that will radically reshape humanity and the nature of human thought, unfolding over many decades.