Coordinated disinformation campaigns are now an established feature of domestic politics in Australia’s region. This paper argues that a multilateral approach to the building of new norms and standards in the digital age is an urgent priority, and that Australia should position itself to be an influential participant in these debates.

Many of the systems and elements that platforms build into their products create safety risks for end-users. This report explores the role of four systems (recommender systems, content moderation systems, ad approval systems and ad management systems) in creating risks around eating disorders.

This article is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between legal scholars and a journalist with prolific expertise and experience in media. The aim is to explain and clarify several pieces of Australian legislation and regulation and the free speech burdens it potentially imposes, to determine whether the laws are suitably targeted at preventing and...

This report and companion briefing note delves into the complex relationship between adolescent boys' social media use and its impact on gender norms. Anecdotal evidence implies clear links between social media use and a rise of discriminatory gender norms in adolescent boys, but the research to date suggests it is not a straightforward cause and...

This study investigates the risk factors for dating app and website users receiving requests from other users to facilitate child sexual exploitation and abuse. It does so by analysing data from a large survey of dating app and website users residing in Australia.