There have long been calls for digital duty of care laws in Australia – since well before the under-16s social media ban. But enforcement may be tricky.
- Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
Navigating personal problems are a normal part of growing up. Young people are now turning to AI for help.
AI toys can tell stories, chat about a child’s interests, play games or even discuss what’s happening in the world today. But they come with risks.
A new code for children’s online privacy is currently open for consultation. Here’s what it contains.
A technical fix can’t solve a social problem.
Download your data, make plans to stay connected to friends, and decide where you’re going next.
What do Australians and Australia look like according to generative AI? The results are alarming.
All experts expressed broader concerns about the upcoming age restrictions for social media users in Australia.
AI is just one of the emerging threats online that won’t be tackled by the social media ban.
For AI to be beneficial in accessibility tech, the people who use it must be involved in its development.
Meta has revised how teenagers will experience Instagram. It’s a win – especially if it prompts parents to talk to their kids about online safety.
A new change to Meta’s apps will see users no longer recommended political content by default. The ramifications of this will be far-reaching.
Imposing outright social media bans can do more harm than good.
That impossibly beautiful model on Instagram might be just that. CGI influencers are already on social media, and Meta’s commercial interest means it shouldn’t be in charge of the ethical guidelines.
Face aux photos retouchées d’influenceurs qui collectionnent les « like » sur les réseaux, les adolescents peuvent développer une mauvaise image d’eux-mêmes. Comment ouvrir la discussion en famille ?
New information Instagram makes teens feel worse about their bodies is an opportunity for parents to start a conversation with their children about their online lives, and encourage positive habits.
The changes do not stop Facebook itself from collecting young users’ data and keeping it.
Revelations that WA police accessed data from the state’s QR code contact-tracing app threaten to put a serious dent in the public’s trust. And this trust is a crucial element of our COVID defences.
The code could require Google and Facebook to pay up for simply including links to news articles from other sites. This has never been a requirement on the web.
From sharing snaps to gender reveals and shopfronts, Instagram has changed a lot about how we see the world — and how it sees us.
Having an end-to-end encrypted messaging ‘ecosystem’ is a great way for Facebook to evade the full wrath of the law. It has come at a convenient time, too.
As the case of US YouTube channel DaddyOFive shows, there’s a fine line between pranking your kids and exploitation.
When Facebook accidentally listed millions of users as “dead” in an embarrassing glitch it was a reminder that everyone needs to plan for their own digital death.
Essena O'Neill’s dramatic rejection of her successful social media channels raises important questions about how advertising and sponsored posts are regulated on social media.
The notion that a chimpanzee could win an Academy Award for acting (or anything else) seems farcical at first glance but, of course, it’s not an actual chimpanzee being discussed in the case of the latest…
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