Protecting Kids Online: Internet Privacy and Manipulative Marketing read more »
The Australian film Ascendant was classified MA15+ for strong themes and violence by the Classification Board (CB) on March 30. On April 6, a three-member panel of the Classification Review Board (CRB) overturned this decision, lowering the classification to ‘M’with consumer read more »
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) releases its second Digital Platform Services Inquiry interim report. read more »
Australia: Cyber giants that spy on kids through social media, tech-toys and online games could risk $10 million fines under federal government plans to protect children's privacy read more »
Public policy advocate Reset Australia launched its report Profiling Children for Advertising: Facebook’s Monetisation of Young People’s Personal Data. read more »
Australia: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won its case against Google for misleading consumers about the collection and use of location data. read more »
ACCM’s ongoing business is the collection, review and dissemination of research on children’s relationships with screen media. We note that much research in recent years is usefully focussed on topics related to children’s interactions with digital media such as cyberbullying, online safety, and read more »
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A new report has called on Australian governments to protect children from unhealthy food marketing and highlights research that seven in 10 adults want their children protected from junk food advertising. The Obesity Policy Coalition report, released on World Obesity Day (March 5), says children should be read more »
Everyone is competing for our attention these days - advertisers and marketers, social media and game developers all want us to stay, play and pay. This message was brought home in last year’s powerful documentary The Social Dilemma (Netflix). Tristan Harris of the read more »
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! This e-bulletin includes the latest in child development news and our newest movie reviews. Read it here read more »
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read it here read more »
The first day of the New Year saw the commencement of the new Australian and Children’s content standards for commercial free-to-air TV in Australia. It seems unlikely that these will support the continued production and screening of quality age-appropriate programs for primary school read more »
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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