They have lucrative brand deals and strong political opinions. They’re also not real. Behind the scenes, a handful of tech companies are rewriting the rules of global culture....
Promotional techniques on junk food packaging are a problem for children’s health – Australia could do better, report Gary Sacks and Alexandra Jones Too many Australian children are eating diets high in added sugars, saturated fats, salt, energy and ultra-processed foods. And often, they’re not getting...
From TV to TikTok, young people are exposed to gambling promotions everywhere, report researchers Simone McCarthy, Hannah Pitt and Samantha Thomas I’ve walked past two TABs pretty much weekly, because one’s near our ice cream shop and one’s next to the shopping centre. So, we go there...
In Australia and around the world, junk food companies are targeting children on social media. Gary Sacks and Evelyn Suk Yi Looi report on their recent study. In our new study, we found most major social media platforms have restrictions on the advertising of tobacco, alcohol...
