ACCM's president, Prof Elizabeth Handsley, was interviewed by Dr David Lim for Healthed's The Clinical Takeaway podcast series. The podcast has had more than 400 downloads and talks about media classifications and neuropsychological stages of development. Listen here read more »
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ACCM’s submission to the Attorney -General’s review of the Privacy Act (see small screen page one story) included the following concerns: THE ‘digital footprint’ of children under 15: Privacy law must regulate what data may be collected, used and disseminated by entities that engage directly with read more »
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By BARBARA BIGGINS CEO ACCM We all need to sit up and take notice of this finding from the ACCC report. Sec 4.1 Despite increasing consumer concern about use of their information, new research conducted by the ACCC and AppCensus has found that consumers are tracked extensively online. Many popular read more »
ACCM has provided feedback on the Draft General Comment No. 25 Children’s rights in relation to the digital environment (DGC). This submission has been prepared on behalf of the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) by ACCM president, Professor Elizabeth Handsley, in consultation with the ACCM chief executive, Barbara Biggins OAM. The submission read more »
Popular with increasing numbers of Australian children, this game has hazards not evident given its G classification. See here The UK group Internet Matters has a longer review and more advice on what parents need to watch out for including exposure to inappropriate content read more »
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US researchers have found that the Jiguang SDK present in a number of Android apps was performing invasive monitoring of consumers. They said “ … Jiguang’s SDK is particularly concerning because this code can run silently in the background without the consumer ever using the app in which it is embedded. read more »
Guest authored by our president, Prof Elizabeth Handsley The newly released AANA Code of Ethics for advertising has been criticised by ACCM for failing to change its Code so it would be effective in preventing the exposure of children to scary and harmful ads. ACCM has read more »
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The newly released AANA Code of Ethics for advertising has been criticised by national peak organisation, the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) for failing to change its Code so it would be effective in preventing the exposure of children to scary and harmful ads. ACCM President, Prof Elizabeth read more »
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read our September 16 edition here which includes: Top stories including a new study on screen time and academic development The latest in news, including five tips on how organisations can put children's online safety first The latest in movie reviews including new release films that are read more »
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