Driving Action
To address digital risks and online harms in Australia
We partnered with the Luminate Group on a Digital Democracy Lab — resulting in a new organization, Reset Australia, to research and advocate for the public interest countering online harms.
Impact
100+ partner organizations engaged
50+ meetings with politicians
9 research reports released
Challenge
There is increasing harmful content travelling on digital channels of communication. Public perception always blames individual users. But platform design has a key role to play too.
Who can shift these perceptions away from the individual?
Campaign
Reset Australia works to advance fair rules and standards for technology and collaborates with partner organizations to inform the public about the digital threats to our democracy. Initially, it focused on responsible tech policies, children’s data protection, election integrity and COVID-19 misinformation. Key initiatives included advocating for a Children’s Data Code, tracking election disinformation and conducting experiments to expose social media platforms’ inadequacies in content moderation.
Impact
The founding work for Reset Australia carried out critical research and engaged in pilot actions to support effective public policy.. Since then, it has become a key expert on tech issues, advising government and regulators, and has stayed in the public eye through media appearances, op-eds and events.
Engagements
350+ news articles
85+ media requests
