MEDIA RELEASE - RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 5 AUGUST 2024 Australian social media inquiry: Researchers highlight key issues ahead of

MEDIA RELEASE RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 5 AUGUST 2024 Australian social media inquiry: Researchers highlight key issues ahead of Government’s interim report The Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society, established by the Federal Government, is due to release their interim report highlighting the influence and effects of social media on Australian society. [...] ADM+S Associate Investigator at RMIT University and lead author on the submission, James Meese, said, “The launch of the inquiry provided a great opportunity to synthesise all the critical research happening across our centre, and provide the committee with a series of evidence-based findings to consider.” The ADM+S submission provided research on the limited effectiveness of facial recognition te. [...] It highlights the importance of independent, interdisciplinary research to inform public policy.” The Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society was formed in May 2024 in an effort to enable Parliament to make social media companies more transparent and accountable to the Australian public. [...] View the ADM+S Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society END Media contact: Kathy Nickels, Communications and Engagement Manager ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society Mobile: 0433 431 550 katherine.nickels@qut.edu.au ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The ADM+S Centre The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM. [...] The Centre aims to contribute to the mitigation of the social and economic risks in the development and implementation of ADM, and to improve outcomes and efficiencies in four key focus areas where automation is already well advanced: news and media, transport and mobility, health care, and social services.