Social media
Alternative labels
Online social networks
Report
Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media: final report
Foreign interference has been an issue of growing global concern in the past decade. A key recommendation from this inquiry is for the Australian Government to require all large social media platforms operating in Australia to meet a minimum set of transparency requirements, enforceable with fines.
Report
Chilling legislation: tracking the impact of 'fake news' laws on press freedom internationally
The spread of misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information (MDM) online has become one of the most pressing issues of our time. The authors of this report argue that freedom of the press is essential to democratic institutions - such as a free and open debate and public accountability, and therefore it is vital to consider how...
Briefing paper
Regulating Big Tech through digital disclosures
This policy brief sets out the latest thinking from UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose on how to restructure required public company financial reporting for the Big Tech industry sector.
Briefing paper
Avoiding pitfalls when agencies and public servants use social media
The purpose of this paper is to encourage public servants and agencies to discuss and think carefully about their activities on social media, and to help them recognise some of the issues and risks.
Report
Digital news report: Australia 2023
This report is part of a long-running international survey coordinated by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report delivers comparative data on media usage in 46 countries and across 6 continents. In an increasingly digitalised news environment, Australian news consumers report an overall positive experience of engaging with news online or on...