The all new AIO platform is here!

The new AIO Platform helps researchers at Australian universities create and manage projects investigating any digital platform or service relevant to their research, including TikTok, Instagram, ChatGPT, Netflix, Facebook and Spotify. Australian researchers now have a new way to study the digital platforms shaping everyday life with the launch of the AIO Platform, a national […]

Shaping the future at Building Digital Platform Observatories

Professor Liz McFall, presenting at Building Digital Platform Observatories (Photo credit: Jess White) How can observatories help researchers and wider civil society better understand, scrutinise, and hold digital platforms to account? This was the question at the heart of Building Digital Platform Observatories, a one-day event hosted by the Centre for Digital Cultures and Societies […]

Data Download Packages Explainer

A Data Download Package (DDP) is a personal data archive that a user can request and download from a digital platform. It contains a structured collection of the personal data that the platform holds about that user. DDPs include activity histories, content created or consumed, interaction records, settings, advertising data, and various forms of metadata. […]