Joint Select Committee into Social Media & Aus. Society
This submission was to the Joint Select Committee into Social Media & Australian Society and submitted in June 2024. For details on the inquiry visit the homepage. Every Australian should be able to grow up and live in an environment that supports their health and wellbeing. Yet our community is constantly bombarded with promotions for alcohol, including on social media. Higher standards and regulation for how unhealthy products are marketed on digital platforms, including social media, are urgently needed to better protect the community. To protect Australians from the harm caused by alcohol our response recommended that the Australian Government implement the following recommendations: Introduce a regulatory framework with legislative basis that effectively protects the community from exposure to alcohol marketing, including on social media. Prohibit the collection, use and disclosure of children’s data for commercial purposes (including the profiling, monitoring, tracking, and targeting). Substantially invest in the development and implementation of evidence-based, targeted, and ongoing campaigns and preventative programs, including through social media, that increase awareness of alcohol harms and the NHMRC Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol. Read the full submission here....
