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Major tech platforms have been given six months to come up with an enforceable code that protects children from harmful material online. What might that look like?
Most young people regard reining in the big social media platforms as only part of the solution to the ‘relentless stream’ of abuse and shaming they experience online
Why are sex workers routinely excluded from debates on their own legal and human rights?
More people are getting involved in sex work, especially online – and it can be a lifeline for marginalized people.
Visits to ‘adult’ sites surged in March when coronavirus pandemic restrictions came in. While tastes vary around the country, a disproportionate share of traffic comes from our biggest cities.
Online pornography is one business that’s booming during the coronavirus pandemic. A psychology researcher explains its pull and whether there are likely to be longer-term effects of this surge in use.
Accessing gambling and pornography sites may well get harder in Australia, if plans for mandatory age-verification go ahead. But there are already technical workarounds for determined web users.
While parents are growing more concerned about their children’s easy access to porn, they often don’t realize just how ‘hardcore’ and violent it has become and how early their kids are seeing it.
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Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Farmingdale State College
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Surrey
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Interim Director, UWA Public Policy Institute; Associate Professor & Programme Co-ordinator (Masters of Public Policy), The University of Western Australia
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies, CEO of Culture Reframed, Wheelock College
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University
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Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary
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Postdoctoral Fellow, SHaG Lab, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University
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PhD Student, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
