A version of Australia’s eSafety Commissioner could be a better way to tackle the online harm experienced by under-16s – and New Zealanders of all ages.
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Selfies with passports or drivers’ licences can open users to sophisticated forms of fraud.
The media have been freaking out about children’s use of technology since at least the days of radio, and it doesn’t make parenting decisions any easier.
AI-generated child sexual abuse material is rising, and familial abuse is leading to the creation of new child sexual abuse material.
The Online Safety Act intends to put greater responsibility on platforms and content creators themselves for children’s safety.
The standard aims to prevent the spread of child exploitation and pro-terror content. But there are problems with it.
Research suggests trusted sources of safety advice are not reaching women.
New UK legislation aims to curb online abuse by enforcing swift removal of harmful content. Research shows even leisure communities can foster toxic behaviour.
The new proposal is aligned with approaches in the European Union and United Kingdom – and overcomes the flaws of banning people under 16 from social media.
Would the response look any different had proposed enforcement powers applying to social networking platforms been in place before the riots?
Our new report has produced the world’s first estimate of the scale of online child sexual exploitation.
While federal politics often seems top down on most issues fighting social media’s grip on children, the pressure now comes from the bottom up.
Our research has found that young people rarely report their experiences.
The invisible threat of deepfake porn now pervades the lives of women and girls
Children need to know they can talk to adults about problems online – and a ban may affect this.
Content moderation by automated systems could be a form of prior restraint.
A new study looks at how Australians use technology in their sex lives and the benefits of this.
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Professor of International Child Protection Research and Director of Data at the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor and the Deputy Programme Director of Digital Humanities in the Department of Information Studies, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The Open University
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Professor of the Sociology of Gender and Education, Institute of Education, UCL
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Professor of IT Ethics and Digital Rights, Bournemouth University
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Digital Futures, University of Bath
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bath
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professeur, HEC Paris Business School
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Bath
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Professor of Marketing in a Global Economy, Vienna University of Economics and Business