The Australian Internet Observatory will develop a range of cutting-edge tools, processes and datasets as well as utilising existing investments in tools and infrastructure and collaborative resources across the research infrastructure ecosystem. This article covers some of the methods and approaches we will use for collecting social data.

A social cyber range will provide cutting edge tools for testing digital platforms using generative AI.

This concept brief outlines the core ideas and aims of ASDO. It was initially developed in 2021 and updated in 2022.

Opening up the ‘black box’ of digital platforms and their algorithms is essential as we move to an increasingly digitised economy and society

By Prof Julian Thomas, Prof Jean Burgess, Prof Daniel Angus and Dr Amanda Lawrence

First published June 2022 in the Innovation papers special issue