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The fast-growing educational technology industry is poorly regulated and profits from user data. Australian law, education departments and schools can all do more to improve safeguards for children.
Australian teenagers want to easily delete their online profiles, saying they’re targeted with hyper-specific ads that make them uncomfortable, and ar...
iTWire Wednesday, 28 July 2021 10:41 Reset Australia calls for stricter social media regulations to safeguard children welfare Shares Independent non-partisan organisation Reset Australia says Facebook has profiled young users and teenagers with sensitive advertising content such as smoking, gambling, and extreme weight loss. The organisation calls for measures to regulate these ads. Facebook has restricted advertising targeted at underage users after Australian researchers discovered that the social media website profiled teens based on age-inappropriate interests. This move u...
iTWire Monday, 12 July 2021 09:57 Reset Australia: Terms and Conditions too technical for children to understand Shares Not-for-profit charity Reset Australia reports that Terms and Conditions of popular apps such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat are too difficult for children to read and would require a university degree to understand it. The report gave one platform 2.5 out of 5 stars, and gave two apps a score of zero in terms of readability. Apps popular among kids such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat have such technical terms of use that users need to have a universit...
Date Time Share Reset Australia Proposed privacy laws which prohibit the collection of minor’s data by Big Tech should be extended to all teenagers under 18 to stop granular targeting advertising and data harvesting of Australian kids, says Reset Australia. Reset Australia, the local affiliate of a global initiative working to counter digital threats to society, is advocating for a data code for children as part of the federal government’s privacy review. If adopted, this would see social media giants and technology compelled to be designed with the interests of children and teenagers i...