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Esafety commissioner warns of hazards with game 'Among Us' November 2, 2020
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 »
October 26 e-bulletin is out now! October 26, 2020
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read our October 26, 2020 edition here read more »
Android Software development kits (SDKs) from Jiguang found to perform invasive monitoring of consumers October 21, 2020
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 »
Editorial: The AANA’s new Code of Ethics: a treat or a trick? October 20, 2020
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 »
September 29 e-bulletin is out! September 30, 2020
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read our September 29 edition here read more »
AANA revised Code of Ethics fails to tackle scary ads, fails children September 25, 2020
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 »
September 16 e-bulletin out now! September 16, 2020
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 »
Our review of Mulan is online! September 15, 2020
Our written review is available here Our video review is available here read more »
Editorial: Does advertising content meet community standards? September 7, 2020
ACCM notes the merger of the AANA and the Ad Standards Board which aims to ”reduce unnecessary cost and complexity in the self-regulatory system”. ACCM hopes that a further aim might be to support Ad Standards in “ensuring that advertising content meets community standards”. Ads Standards (ASB) has a Community Panel set up to consider read more »
August small screen is out now! September 7, 2020
The August small screen is OUT NOW The latest small screen newsletter is available to subscribers hereThis issue includes: The UN inviting interested parties to comment on their draft general comment on children's rights in relation to the digital environment A new Netflix documentary on social networks coming this read more »
August 27 e-bulletin is out now! August 27, 2020
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read our August 27 edition here which includes: Top stories including a look back at Round the Twist on its 30th anniversary The latest in news, including the The Washington Post's op-ed on why junk food advertising should be banned The latest in read more »
July small screen is out now! August 18, 2020
The July small screen is OUT NOW The latest small screen newsletter is available to subscribers hereThis issue includes: Screen Producers Australia warns of 'devastating' effects of Free TV Australia's case for deregulation Know Before You Go turns 18! The latest research on child read more »
Editorial: Know Before You Go turns 18 August 18, 2020
ACCM’s child-development- based movie reviews have now been running for 18 years. That’s quite an achievement, and one that we are very proud of. In 2002, encouraged by our patron Steve Biddulph, ACCM set up a team of people read more »
July 28 e-bulletin out now! July 28, 2020
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read our July 28 edition here which includes: Top stories including news how the future of childhood looks in the digital age The latest in news, including the economic and social benefits of commercial television in Australia The latest in movie reviews including new read more »
Editorial: Even brief scary images can stay with a child for a long time July 3, 2020
One of the glaring deficiencies in the present Australian classification guidelines is their inability to protect children from exposure to harmful scary images. The present guidelines only include attention to themes of threat or menace, and to violence and its consequences. ACCM argued in its submission to the Classification Review that the well-established impacts read more »
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