Research reveals that Facebook continues to permit surveillance advertising targeting children and teenagers, despite previous commitments to adopt a more cautious approach. Surveillance advertising involves the use of personal data collected from websites and platforms to deliver highly targeted ads. This report urges Facebook to publicly clarify its position and to fully discontinue the use...

This report describes the rules young people want to govern the collection and use of their personal data by digital platforms, It explores their concerns related to current practices, including issues of consent and personalisation. The report calls for the introduction of a data code for children and young people.

This report explores TikTok’s data collection and use practices, as an example of how social media handles children’s data. The report calls for stronger regulation and independent oversight to ensure children and young people’s data is collected and used in ways that are in their best interests.

This report describes research into the terms and conditions of apps popular with children and young people, finding nine of the 10 surveyed apps required a tertiary level reading age. A survey of young people found very few were confident they understood the terms. The report calls for a data code to protect the interests...

This report provides a snapshot of the attitudes and behaviours of younger people online, the extent and nature of their online habits, what they use to stay connected, and how they feel about the prominence of digital connection in their lives.