In response to significant concerns, Instragram has put a welcome pause on its new app for kids. Listen to ACCM’s President, Prof Elizabeth Handsley, on ABC Newsradio discussing it here. read more »
ACCM’s monthly review of children and media news, small screen, celebrates 35 years in print!
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UK group 5 Rights has launched compelling new research, 'Pathways: How digital design puts children at risk'. The report highlights a "profound carelessness and disregard for children, embedded in the features, products, and services - the norms - of the digital world". read more »
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ACCM launches innovative app privacy check service.
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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 »
