ACMA Annual Reports on Online Risk and Safety in the Digital Economy

Overview
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has provided three annual report to the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy on measures for promoting safety in the online environment.

Reports

 * Developments in Internet Filtering Technologies and Other Measures for Promoting Online Safety (Feb. 2008) (full-text).

This first report observed that given the range of possible responses to online risks, including varieties of internet filtering, no single response can adequately mitigate all forms of online risk.


 * Developments in Internet Filtering Technologies and Other Measures for Promoting Online Safety (Apr. 2009) (full-text).

This second report identified that the effectiveness of strategies to mitigate online risk and promote online safety is enhanced when responses to risk are deployed at multiple points along the supply chain for online content and services.


 * Online Risk and Safety in the Digital Economy (Feb. 2010) (full-text).

''The final report builds on the earlier reports in this series. It explores the implications of the way ICTs are used in the emerging digital economy for the management of online risk and promotion of safety. The report explores the roles of different players in the digital economy noting that governments, regulators, operators of online services and users themselves can all contribute towards the effective management of online risk.''