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Playing outside is just as important as learning, and homework. Some kids go play on their iPads or watch Youtube, when told to rest your brain. Going outside is so much healthier, and seeing greenery is very good for your eyes.

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I think it’s important because no matter how you act or or what you look like we all should be treated fairly .

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Privacy is important because without our privacy we wouldn’t be able to feel safe going into another child right because without our privacy anyone could be looking at us and stuff.

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The Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) protects an individual's personal information regardless of their age.

The Privacy Act doesn't specify an age after which an individual can make their own privacy decision. For their consent to be valid, an individual must have capacity to consent.

An organisation or agency handling the personal information of an individual under the age of 18 must decide if the individual has the capacity to consent on a case-by-case basis. As a general rule, an individual under the age of 18 has the capacity to consent if they have the maturity to understand what's being proposed. If they lack maturity it may be appropriate for a parent or guardian to consent on their behalf.

If it's not practical for an organisation or agency to assess the capacity of individuals on a case-by-case basis, as a general rule, an organisation or agency may assume an individual over the age of 15 has capacity, unless they're unsure.

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Feral species can destroy our native animal populations.

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Feral species can destroy our native animal populations.

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Every child has the right to believe what they want because it may be one of your culture's beliefs or something you just believe in.

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knowing where you come from is an important part of life as it impacts you identity and how you act. When you know where you come from it make you go to places that are religious and are related to you, these things can be used in our everyday life. I’m a Buddhist and in my religion we believe that harming animals and others can give you bad luck and These beliefs can help me use this knowledge to stop doing bad and help myself do things for the better.

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Privacy is important because if your parents take a photo of you without your permission they could post it on social media and there kids might not want it on social media

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Privacy is important because if your parents take a photo of you without your permission they might put it online or any social media and you might not like the photo.

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I’m not so sure where climate change goes but it is starting to increase a lot faster

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CLIMATE REPORT
The United Nations has just released its latest report on climate change which is being called a 'Code Red' for humanity. Hundreds of scientists looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers. Their report shows global warming is dangerously close to being out of control. It warns that extreme weather events will also become more severe and that humans are mostly to blame for the climate crisis. Here in Australia, we're already experiencing widespread rapid climate change. Since 1910 we've warmed by about 1.4℃ and we may warm by 4℃ or more this century. The report says there are changes we can't come back from, but there's still time to act now to reduce or reverse some of the effects of climate change.

ATHLETES RETURN
The final Aussie athletes have arrived home from Tokyo! 97 athletes landed in Darwin this morning they'll spend two weeks quarantining in the Howard Springs facility. They include members of the canoe/kayak, cycling, women's water polo, and basketball teams. They will join around 115 Olympians and support staff who arrived in Darwin from Tokyo last week.

CENSUS
The census is a compulsory survey and counting of the population that that happens every 5 years. The idea is to count everyone in the house on one night! It asks lots of different questions like your age, gender, family size, education, religious beliefs, where you were born and the languages you speak. It's designed to help the Australian Bureau of Statistics build up a picture of what our country looks like. That information helps the government decide where money's most needed for things like schools, hospitals, aged care homes and roads. That's why giving correct and complete information is so important. And, yes, people have answered that they were born in Antarctica or that their religion is chocolate or Jedi before, but you can cop serious fines for lying about that stuff. This time around it's a big deal for another reason - COVID-19! The ABS says the census can help determine how the pandemic is changing Australians' lives.

TOWER BRIDGE STUCK
Uh oh, one of London's most famous landmarks has gotten stuck! Tower Bridge normally opens and closes to let drivers cross the Thames River, but it's refusing to lower down at the moment and blocking traffic on either side of the busy city and it's the second time it's happened in a year. Didn't anyone tell it to 'Keep calm and carry on'?

WORLD LION DAY
Keepers at London Zoo helped Arya, the lioness, celebrate World Lion Day with a couple of paper mache globes filled with food and she seemed pretty happy with them! Even though every day is world lion day if you're a lion, silly.

FOOTGOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Welcome to the UK's Footgolf Championships! Yes, footgolf. It's a cross between the UK's favourite sport, football, and, well, golf. At least it makes putt-ing a whole lot easier.

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Global Reactions to United Nations IPCC Report on Climate Change

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CLIMATE REPORTThe United Nations has just released its latest report on climate change which is being called a 'Code Red' for humanity. Hundreds of scientists looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers. Their report shows global warming is dangerously close to being out of control.

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Be cared for and have a home.  This also includes play time, especially in the first two years of life.
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Everyone should be able to play a sport because ypu wont know if your good or not unless you try and everyone should be able to play a sport if they want to

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We are all human but some people don’t get that no matter what colour or gender you can’t change the fact we are the same. Women get judged for things that makes no sense like what they wear, how they look, how smart they are. However I’m not saying Women need all the rights of the world I’m saying it should we equal so that no one is discriminated.

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In 2011, the United Nations established UN Women, a new UN body charged with accelerating gender equality and women's empowerment. Michelle Bachelet, the former President of Chile, heads the new entity. Research the UN's gender equality initiatives over the past several decades; begin with the overview posted at http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/women/. Explore the UN Women web site at http://www.unwomen.org/ to learn more about the new organization's focus areas and the indicators it is monitoring (in particular, see the biannual report Progress of the World's Women). Gender equality is explicitly highlighted in the third of the UN's eight Millennium Development Goals, but the UN feels strongly that empowering women is "integral" to achieving all eight of the goals. What are the goals, and how is women's empowerment important to each of them? When Madeleine Albright's granddaughter was seven, she asked her mother, "So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddie being Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretary of State." Since the late '90s, three women have served as Secretary of State: Albright, Condoleeza Rice, and Hillary Clinton have been the highest-ranking women in the history of U.S. government. What are considered the most significant accomplishments of each during her tenure? How are they perceived compared to men who have held the position? Compare the careers of Clinton, Rice, and Albright. How are their professional experiences similar or different? What advice do they have for other women who aspire to be leaders in their chosen fields? Imagine a meeting with all three of these leaders. What would they say to one another? What questions would you want to ask them? National Democratic Institute http://www.ndi.org/ Pew Global Attitudes Project http://www.pewglobal.org/ Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/ UN Women: "Progress of the World's Women" http://www.unwomen.org/resources/progress-of-the-worlds-women

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In a frank and funny Q&A with Pat Mitchell from the Paley Center, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that women's issues deserve a place at the center of foreign policy.

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Dyslexia: People with differences shouldn’t mean that they should get bullied or get labeled differently (especially children) and be able to live a normal life

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Dyslexia: People with differences shouldn’t mean that they should get bullied or get labeled differently (especially children) and be able to live a normal life

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What is dyslexia? - Kelli Sandman-Hurley

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Children should be able to have parents,guardians,carers who are willing to care for their children when sick.

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Children should have a safe place to recover when sick.

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Children have the right to access medicine and a good doctor for medical recquirements.

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Being cared for and having a home is the one thing that every child should find comfortable and safe. A child should be feeling happy and comforted when they come home after a day at school, a day with their friends or just a day at a trip. The child should not be feeling uneasy living in their own home.

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Follow whatever beliefs you want and also follow your culture if that is what you want to do.
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Have people do what is best for you-Talia.N 6SH

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Have people do what is best for you-Talia.N 6SH

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There's no denying that if you coast along and put forth minimal effort in raising your kids, there's a high likelihood they'll end up being mediocre (or even worse than mediocre, to be honest). Raising the highest achieving children will necessitate being intentional, disciplined and diligent. Here's what researchers say the parents of the most successful kids do differently.

They make sure Mom is happy

There's some credence to the phrase "Happy wife, happy life." That's according to researchers from the Marriage Foundation and the University of Lincoln who analyzed data from the Millennium Cohort study, a longitudinal survey conducted at the University of London, from which they gathered information regarding 13,000 U.K. couples with a child born in 2000 or 2001. They looked at how satisfied the couple was with their relationship when the child was nine months old. They then fast-forwarded 14 years to determine how happy the couple was, whether they were even still together, if their teenagers were displaying mental health problems, and how close the parents reported being with their teenagers.

It turns out that all four outcomes were more linked with the mother's initial happiness, compared with the father's. For example, Mom's happiness was twice as important than Dad's when it came to whether or not they would stay together. Mom's happiness was also twice as important when it came to predicting mental health issues in boys. As for girls, only their mother's happiness was found to be linked to their mental health as teens.

They role-model persistence

Imagine what your child's future would look like if he or she had the ability to persist in the face of challenges. Apparently, how you model your own persistence as a parent has a lot to do with it, say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). They looked at how well 520 four- and five-year-olds persisted by observing how much effort adults put into the same task. They also studied how the kids' persistence was affected by what adults said, such as "Trying hard is important." Children persisted the most when adults themselves expended effort at a task and talked about the necessity of pushing through, even with things get hard.

They get engaged with their child's learning

That's according to researchers in England who conducted a study in which they surveyed and interviewed academic experts and reviewed recently published international studies regarding parental engagement and child academic achievement. They found that parents help young children the most by reading to them, listening to them read, helping them learn letters, numbers, songs and nursery rhymes, interacting positively with them and modeling parental literacy. When kids are older, they do better in school when their parents go on field trips, participate in the classroom, show an interest in school and monitor how kids are doing with homework and tests.

They get them to take music lessons

Researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama surveyed 2,323 parents of kids ages seven to 17 who were currently participating in some kind of private music lesson and found that the majority of parents see several ways music lessons help their kids manage their time and attention.

Eighty-five percent feel that lessons have improved their child's patience, resiliency and ability to finish tasks, even hard ones.

Sixty-eight percent believe that lessons have improved their child's ability to finish tasks on time as well their competence using a planner or calendar to track what's on their plate.

Eighty-three percent think that lessons have helped them be more self-aware and receive feedback to improve performance.

Sixty percent feel lessons have helped their child get better at self-monitoring and limiting screen time because they know it benefits them.

Seventy-one percent of parents believe that because of taking lessons their kids are better at prioritization and self-monitoring screen time because when they do so they have more time to do activities which are important to them.

While the study was commissioned by Guitar Center, which is certainly biased on the subject, it fits that the daily practice involved in preparing to meet with a music instructor builds diligence and perseverance. It's also an appreciable amount of time kids aren't spending on their phones.

They teach them to be indistractable

That's according to Stanford psychology expert Nir Eyal and author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. He says that in spite of the ubiquitous nature of digital distraction, becoming "indistractable" is the most important skill people will need in the future. Yet, it's also one that many parents don't teach their kids. The key, he insists, is that parents teach kids why limiting screen time is important and then give them the autonomy to set their own limits.

In the case of his own daughter, when she was young he and his wife sat her down and explained that the time she spent using the iPad meant less time doing other fun things like spending time with friends or going to the community pool. They then explained that the people who make the apps and videos she liked so much were designed so that she would want to spend a lot of time looking at a screen. Next, they asked her how much iPad time she thought she needed every day and instead of saying "all day," she offered "two shows."

The important thing is to inform kids about why limiting screen time is important, and then letting them choose their own limits. Now, as an older child, Eyal's daughter asks Amazon's Alexa to set timers to remind her when to get off her screen. "The important thing is that these are her rules, not ours, and that she's in charge of enforcing them," he writes. "Best of all, when her time is up, it's not her dad who has to be the bad guy; it's her device telling her she's had enough."

The opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists are their own, not those of Inc.com.

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There's no denying that if you coast along and put forth minimal effort in raising your kids, there's a high likelihood they'll end up being mediocre (or even worse than mediocre, to be honest). Raising the highest achieving children will necessitate being intentional, disciplined and diligent. Here's what researchers say the parents of the most successful kids do differently.

They make sure Mom is happy

There's some credence to the phrase "Happy wife, happy life." That's according to researchers from the Marriage Foundation and the University of Lincoln who analyzed data from the Millennium Cohort study, a longitudinal survey conducted at the University of London, from which they gathered information regarding 13,000 U.K. couples with a child born in 2000 or 2001. They looked at how satisfied the couple was with their relationship when the child was nine months old. They then fast-forwarded 14 years to determine how happy the couple was, whether they were even still together, if their teenagers were displaying mental health problems, and how close the parents reported being with their teenagers.

It turns out that all four outcomes were more linked with the mother's initial happiness, compared with the father's. For example, Mom's happiness was twice as important than Dad's when it came to whether or not they would stay together. Mom's happiness was also twice as important when it came to predicting mental health issues in boys. As for girls, only their mother's happiness was found to be linked to their mental health as teens.

They role-model persistence

Imagine what your child's future would look like if he or she had the ability to persist in the face of challenges. Apparently, how you model your own persistence as a parent has a lot to do with it, say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). They looked at how well 520 four- and five-year-olds persisted by observing how much effort adults put into the same task. They also studied how the kids' persistence was affected by what adults said, such as "Trying hard is important." Children persisted the most when adults themselves expended effort at a task and talked about the necessity of pushing through, even with things get hard.

They get engaged with their child's learning

That's according to researchers in England who conducted a study in which they surveyed and interviewed academic experts and reviewed recently published international studies regarding parental engagement and child academic achievement. They found that parents help young children the most by reading to them, listening to them read, helping them learn letters, numbers, songs and nursery rhymes, interacting positively with them and modeling parental literacy. When kids are older, they do better in school when their parents go on field trips, participate in the classroom, show an interest in school and monitor how kids are doing with homework and tests.

They get them to take music lessons

Researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama surveyed 2,323 parents of kids ages seven to 17 who were currently participating in some kind of private music lesson and found that the majority of parents see several ways music lessons help their kids manage their time and attention.

Eighty-five percent feel that lessons have improved their child's patience, resiliency and ability to finish tasks, even hard ones.

Sixty-eight percent believe that lessons have improved their child's ability to finish tasks on time as well their competence using a planner or calendar to track what's on their plate.

Eighty-three percent think that lessons have helped them be more self-aware and receive feedback to improve performance.

Sixty percent feel lessons have helped their child get better at self-monitoring and limiting screen time because they know it benefits them.

Seventy-one percent of parents believe that because of taking lessons their kids are better at prioritization and self-monitoring screen time because when they do so they have more time to do activities which are important to them.

While the study was commissioned by Guitar Center, which is certainly biased on the subject, it fits that the daily practice involved in preparing to meet with a music instructor builds diligence and perseverance. It's also an appreciable amount of time kids aren't spending on their phones.

They teach them to be indistractable

That's according to Stanford psychology expert Nir Eyal and author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. He says that in spite of the ubiquitous nature of digital distraction, becoming "indistractable" is the most important skill people will need in the future. Yet, it's also one that many parents don't teach their kids. The key, he insists, is that parents teach kids why limiting screen time is important and then give them the autonomy to set their own limits.

In the case of his own daughter, when she was young he and his wife sat her down and explained that the time she spent using the iPad meant less time doing other fun things like spending time with friends or going to the community pool. They then explained that the people who make the apps and videos she liked so much were designed so that she would want to spend a lot of time looking at a screen. Next, they asked her how much iPad time she thought she needed every day and instead of saying "all day," she offered "two shows."

The important thing is to inform kids about why limiting screen time is important, and then letting them choose their own limits. Now, as an older child, Eyal's daughter asks Amazon's Alexa to set timers to remind her when to get off her screen. "The important thing is that these are her rules, not ours, and that she's in charge of enforcing them," he writes. "Best of all, when her time is up, it's not her dad who has to be the bad guy; it's her device telling her she's had enough."

The opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists are their own, not those of Inc.com.

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To use sustainable products

* to decrease our carbon footprint
* leaves resources for future generations
* sustainable produce is healthier

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Although everyone are humans and are living together people don't treat each other equally. Either because of their culture, believes, gender, looks. Humans should treat each other equally and with respect, no matter how they look or what they do or are.

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SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: These days we tend to think of boys and girls as being pretty much equal. You can both get an education. When you turn 18 you'll both be able to vote. You'll both be able to work in just about any field you want. And either one of you could become the prime minister. But it wasn't that long ago that the scales weren't nearly so even.

If you were a woman in the 1800's you couldn't have done the same things as men. Your main job would have been seen as getting married and having children. Then, everything you had would belong to your husband. You wouldn't even be allowed to vote. And it was in the late 1800's that many women started to demand change. They called them suffragettes.

REPORTER: Suffrage means the right to vote for politicians to represent you. In a democracy every vote counts and it means your opinion is just as important as anyone else's.

Some argued that women shouldn't be allowed to vote because they were too emotional and not smart enough to understand politics and that their place was at home. But the suffragettes fought hard to change their minds. They debated, wrote articles and petitions, protested, even faced arrest. And eventually it paid off.

REPORTER: It was in this building 119 years ago that the Government of South Australia became one of the first in the world to give women the right to vote and the first anywhere to also give them the right to run for parliament.

It was the first tip of the scales towards equality. The first and then the second world wars had a big effect on the role of women in society. With so many men called off to fight, women were asked to do all sorts of jobs they ever done before. Many enjoyed what they did. And they were good at it.

But when the war was over they were expected to go back to being housewives. They could learn, they could vote and they could work but women still weren't equal. They faced discrimination in the workplace and the media. They were generally paid less than men for doing the same job and were expected to stop working when they got married.

LINE FROM THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN: Just about an hour ago I had you fired. What? Why did you do that? I thought being my wife would take up all of your time.

In the 60's and 70's women again fought for their rights. There were some big revolutions like the birth control pill which meant women could control when they had children. Women protested for equal pay, equal opportunities, even the right to drink in bars with men.

And the world kept changing. Women led countries and businesses. They went to space and they were ordained as religious leaders. Australia got female judges and a governor general and three years ago the country elected its first ever female prime minister.

So do women now have equal rights with men? Some say yes. It's now against the law in Australia to discriminate against women. But others say not quite. On average women still earn less money than men. Fewer women run big companies and fewer sit in parliament.

And some reckon women are still judged differently to men. But at least in Australia the scales are definitely more even than they were and you can enjoy your equality thanks to the efforts of the many Aussie women who went before.

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With COVID always locking us down we are stopping sport constantly. This costs the Australian economy 40 billion dollars a year! People in sports industry such as players and reporters have had pay cuts and many lost their jobs. But it is also the fans who miss out watching their heroes and also getting to play their favourite sports.

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CALE, REPORTER: For many of us there's nothing better than watching our sport heroes do what they do best.

HARRY: My favourite sporting moment is when the Aussie Boomers beat the USA in the basketball last year

XAV: I liked when Liverpool won the Champions League.

But now with many of our favourite sports on hold many of us fans getting a bit desperate. And while many professional athletes have been finding fun ways to keep themselves and us amused, the pause in play has been pretty devasting.

JENNA O'HEA: I chose a team sport because I love being with my teammates, I think they help motivate me, and not having my teammates and my coach sort of tell me what to do each day has been really hard and it's also hard not knowing when we're going to be back on the basketball court.

It's also costing sports leagues billions of dollars. See without games, there's no ticket sales, no broadcasting contracts, and no advertising, which means clubs are struggling to pay their players, coaches, and all the other people who help clubs function.

Across Australia players have taken big pay cuts, just to help their clubs survive. While a lot of other employees have lost their jobs entirely. Around 80% of the AFL's workforce have been stood down, while the players agreed to a 50% pay cut. Sports broadcasters like Foxtel have also had to cut back a lot of their staff and they're not really sure about their future. All up, it's estimated the sports industry contributes about $40 billion to the Australian economy every year, so it's no surprise that people are pretty keen to get sport back up and running.

For some Aussie leagues, a restart is on the cards. The AFL hopes to get going in June, while the NRL has pencilled in the 28th of May to restart its season without spectators of course. The government has even given special permission for the New Zealand warriors to travel to Australia to play. While some reckon it's too early to restart sports, others reckon it's important, not just for the pros, but for all the grassroots sports that look up to those guys and girls.

HARRY: Sport employs a lot of people and it lifts everyone's spirits.

Overseas, many other sports are tackling similar problems trying to work out if and when they could start up again. The NBA is even considering finishing their season in Disney World, ahh no I think it's still the players playing. That's better. And if seasons can't start up again there are pretty big questions about who should win. For example, in the English Premier League, Liverpool's been left tantalisingly close to their first title in 30 years while bottom clubs don't know if they're in or out of the league. Still many agree that health and safety should come first.

So, at least for now we're just gonna have to settle for this, and we can look forward to a time when we go back to watching our heroes play our favourite games.

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How Social Media effect the way people think of themselves.

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Social can help you lose confidence in oneself and can easily lead to many other mental problems such as eating disorders, depression and many many more.

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FOUR CORNERS

26 JULY 2021

'TIKTOK'

UNICE WANI, @unicewani, 595.2K followers: TikTok, is very much has become a way for the young generation to express ourselves in every way. You can be yourself, you're at home, you're filming and there's always going to be, like, millions of people watching you. You never know when you could blow up.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: I think every young kid's dream is to be successful online.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: The Chinese social media platform TikTok has changed the internet, it's become the most popular in the world.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: There's fishing videos, there's cooking, comedic skits, singing, dancing, literally everything you can think of, TikTok have.

DAVID POLGAR, TECH ETHICIST & TIKTOK CONTENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER: It's not an app on their phone anymore. It's their livelihood. It's how they communicate with their friends. It's how they see the world. That's a part that I don't think everybody has adjusted to yet.

DR NIELS WOUTERS, RESEARCH FELLOW IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE: We're really at risk of having generations of young people that have formed identities in response to something that a technology platform prescribes to be the normal or the new normal.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Behind the shiny dance videos, the platform is leading people down dangerous paths.

LAUREN HEMMINGS: I'd like to think that I wouldn't have struggled with an eating disorder if I hadn't downloaded TikTok.

ANNE LONGFIELD, CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND 2015-2021: My claim with TikTok is that they are harvesting huge amounts of data illegally without the consent of children or their parents

JAMIL JAFFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: If you just look at TikTok in, in isolation, it seems innocuous. But it's really takes place in this much larger context of data collection, artificial intelligence, and a real effort by the Chinese to consolidate, influence, in the region and across the globe.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Tonight on 4 Corners, TikTok.

In a joint investigation with Hack on triple j, we're going down the rabbit hole to reveal the dark side of the app.

How the platform censors political content and harvests children's data and how the app's powerful algorithm exposes people to misinformation and dangerous content.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: Hi, my name is Rory Eliza. And what?

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: And what do you do?

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: I am a full-time TikToker.

So in the morning I'll wake up maybe 8:00, 9:00 and I'll check my phone, check if my videos have done well or how my followers are reacting to the content that I've just posted.

TikTok, honestly, I get so much love on there. It's so weird because that's my biggest platform, it's TikTok with 5 million followers.

It's crazy to think that 5 million people, that's people, it's not just a number and if you really think about it, it's 5 million people that have tapped that follow button.

They're all just so friendly and they're like your family.

It's just weird, you don't know these people, but they know so much about you that they treat you like a family member.

UPSOT RORY ELIZA: And on that note, welcome to the new Rory Eliza

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Rory Eliza is one of millions of young Australians recording virtually every moment of their lives to get famous on TikTok.

UPSOT RORY ELIZA: Get ready with me for a date, let's go!

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: So I think every young kid's dream is to be successful online. So, I think there's definitely a group where they all want to be influencers because it's the in thing now. And I think that's because of TikTok.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok has been downloaded more than three billion times around the world. It's become a cultural phenomenon.

Everything is about going viral. A dance started by someone in their living room and uploaded to Tiktok can turn into a stadium full of people performing it in unison.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: I like how creative you can be on it. It's just so fun to go on that app and just express your real self.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Rory started posting comedic skits on TikTok... and her following snowballed.

UPSOT RORY ELIZA: No worries I will scan that through for you right now.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: This was her first viral video, it got nearly 14 million views. In 2019, Rory decided to leave school to become a full-time Tiktoker.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: School was just one of those things, I just was not good at. I decided to leave school when I was in year 11 and I was never there.

I was always in Sydney doing meetings or presentations for TikTok and I just wasn't there and when I would come to school, I would have no idea what we're doing because I've away for heaps of days.

DANIEL, RORY'S DAD: So school, you can go back and do it at TAFE.

You can go back anytime, and do it if you need it, but you may never get this opportunity again.

So, we just thought it was worth leaving school and pursuing all the business opportunities while they were there for her.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: How do you feel about the fact that 5 million people are watching her content?

DANIEL, RORY'S DAD: Oh, it's incredible. It's even, when she goes live, there was a time she went live and she had 22,000 people watching her in her room and I just, my mind goes back to Elton John concert here and she had more people watching her than we had at that Elton John concert and it, "Wow, that's happening in my daughter's bedroom at the moment."

It was a bit, yeah, different.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Big fashion and cosmetic brands started noticing Rory's success on TikTok and wanted to tap into her growing audience.

Companies sponsor influencers like Rory and businesses pay TikTok to advertise on the platform.

This is central to the app's lucrative business model.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: In this work industry being an influencer, you have to present yourself as a brand.

We aren't really people anymore.

We're brands, we're selling products for brands.

So, you got to look the part.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: The money involved it's enough to live off.

So it's a pretty fair amount and I'm in the medium to high range of incomes in Australia, so yeah, very, very decent.

DANIEL, RORY'S DAD: It's hard not to even be jealous sometimes because you look at our lives and we get up and we get to work and come home and she can earn money that can take us days to earn in minutes.

UPSOT RORY ELIZA: I found myself driving and just crying, having like a total breakdown and I found myself having some really quite nasty thoughts

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Rory shares her life with five million people... even her lowest moments...

UPSOT RORY ELIZA: Why am I meant to be on this earth? Why does no one like me? Why do I have no friends?

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: But most days, she feels very alone.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: Being away from people, it's definitely lonely you know.

I film four videos a day.

That's a good three hours in my day and then I've got another eight hours and I'm like, "What the heck am I going to do for the rest of the day?"

I can't ring up my friends like, "Yo, want to hang out?" because they're at work.

So it definitely gets lonely at times and sometimes if you're reading the hate comments and the stress load, it can be so much for your body and you're just overwhelmed and you're lonely.

So that can also creep into depression.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: With people stuck at home during lockdown desperate for entertainment, TikTok became the world's most downloaded app in 2020 and it's continued to hold that title this year.

DR BONDY KAYE, DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCHER, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: TikTok in Australia has seen the same kind of bump in 2020 as elsewhere in the world.

In October of 2020, there were an estimated 2.5 million users on TikTok, which was about a 50% growth from earlier on in the year.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Of the popular social media apps, TikTok is the most addictive.

Leaked Tiktok advertising data shows users spend an average of an hour and a half on the app each day.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: You know it's like 8:00 PM and I'm watching and watching and then I'll look up at my clock and it's 2:00 AM and I'm like, "Where the heck did those hours go?"

I suppose this For You page is so addictive, it's just so spot on.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok's algorithm is its most valuable asset.

It is designed to determine your interests and send you personalised content to keep you on the app for as long as possible.

DR BONDY KAYE, DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCHER, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: TikTok works by recommending content to you through your activity on the app.

So, the more that you scroll through the app, the better the recommendations are tailored to your specific interests.

Rather than selecting content that you want to watch, like you would on YouTube or on Netflix, you primarily access content through one main feed, which is called the For You page, on TikTok, which is essentially just an endlessly scrolling, algorithmically curated feed of videos that refreshes each time you open the app.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: As soon as you sign up to TikTok, the app starts collecting data about you, your location, gender and age and also your facial data to figure out who you are and what kind of videos you want to see.

DR NIELS WOUTERS, RESEARCH FELLOW IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE: Your face is a form of biometric information, and your face can be analysed to distinguish a range of personality and demographic traits.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok collects your facial data every time you make a video or use a filter on the app and can even access photos and videos saved on your phone, that aren't being used on the platform.

To understand how an app like TikTok interprets that data, scientists in Melbourne have developed what's called a biometric mirror.

DR NIELS WOUTERS, RESEARCH FELLOW IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE: Biometric Mirror, for instance, is trained by way of artificial intelligence to distinguish how intelligent you are, how attractive, how weird, how responsible and how emotionally unstable you are.

The interesting thing there is, of course, that biometric mirror bases its assumptions on a single snapshot of your face.

So all of these assumptions are generated based on the exact appearance of your face at that exact microsecond that the photo has been taken.

The TikTok algorithm might read your face and think that you are dealing with a significant mental health challenge.

You might be presented with videos that are created by users going through a similar challenge at that time and it might really create a very coloured worldview for you, where it's really hard to deal with your mental health challenge at that time.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Lauren Hemmings is studying to be a midwife.

She used to spend her uni breaks scrolling through TikTok.

LAUREN HEMMINGS: think it was quarantine boredom that motivated me to download it.

It was more as quite an innocent hope of just getting a good laugh really, like getting funny videos and seeing what was on it.

I never had the intention of making TikToks or sharing them.

It was more just from the viewpoint of yeah, the viewer.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER:Lauren started following a popular fitness influencer on the app.

LAUREN HEMMINGS: There's one woman who had like quite a similar body type to me. And she'd expressed that she was unhappy with that body type. And she had started tracking calories over quarantine. She had lost a really, really significant amount of weight

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER:The algorithm then flooded her feed with content promoting unhealthy weight loss.

LAUREN HEMMINGS: I was no longer seeing funny dance videos or anything.

It was just like this complete focus on that like fitness and healthy lifestyle goal.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok pushed Lauren toward the popular trend of meticulously tracking how many calories you eat in a day.

Something researchers warn promotes disordered eating.

The hashtag What I Eat in a Day has more than 7 billion views on TikTok.

LAUREN HEMMINGS: It turned into this obsession, and I felt that I could not eat anything without knowing how many calories it contained and without meeting my target number of calories throughout the day.

There was a few months where I didn't put anything into my mouth that I had not weighed.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Four months after downloading TikTok, Lauren admitted to her friends and family she had an eating disorder.

LAUREN HEMMINGS: I'd like to think that I wouldn't have struggled with an eating disorder if I hadn't downloaded TikTok.

I think TikTok was the main contributor to the development of that.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Young users are increasingly turning to Tiktok to find and spread information on how to restrict food and hide their disordered eating from their families.

DR SUKU SUKUNESAN, SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCHER, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: So, what they do is they actually share content of what they go through and what they have done for the day in the fascination to become thin.

So, they would share recipes, they would share diet plans, they would share how you need to be disciplined. For someone who's vulnerable and desperate, they would follow anyone's advice.

None of this advice is actually good, because some of these advice is lick a pumpkin for your lunch, but don't eat, drink a litre of water and you should be fine.

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: I was super hesitant to go on TikTok because I'd heard that it was a really bad space for people with eating disorders because the algorithm knows everything and then it would curate your feed to be interested in that kind of stuff.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Claire Benstead has been in and out of hospital for anorexia for more than five years.

She decided to download TikTok to find support and to promote her earrings business.

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: You want that support because it's such an isolating illness and there's so many people in my life that don't get it and don't understand it.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Claire says the TikTok algorithm identified she had an eating disorder and she noticed an immediate change to the types of videos on her feed.

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: It went from being my algorithm was Australian humour and musical theatre humour and all of that kind of stuff, to just been eating disorder content all the time. And as I got sicker and I got more obsessive, all I could do was just flick through my phone and look at this footage. I spent hours on it and just fixated on it. I wasn't recovering at all. I was actively relapsing.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Claire was admitted to hospital.

As part of her treatment, her psychologists worked with her to remove the toxic content from her TikTok feed by unfollowing accounts and reporting videos.

How long did it actually take you to get rid of that eating disorder content from your algorithm?

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: Ages. Pretty much being in hospital, so probably took two months it took me to change the algorithm.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Even while Claire was showing me her cleaned up TikTok feed videos about eating disorders began reappearing.

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: There we go, here's one right now, just every five or six videos and so I'm in a good spot that this doesn't trigger me.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Even though you're saying not interested, it's still coming up?

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: It's still coming up.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: If you report TikTok videos the company says its moderators then decide whether to ban them, which in turn is supposed to teach the algorithm to stop featuring them.

TikTok's policies say the app bans content "promoting, normalising, or glorifying eating disorders."

But when users like Claire reported those videos, they were told they don't breach any guidelines.

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: You would think that something this serious and it's got the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, you would think that would be something that you could report because it is promoting those behaviors and it's making it worse.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok also says it bans pro eating disorder hashtags so users can't search for those videos.

And if they try to, a number for eating disorder support service, the Butterfly Foundation automatically pops up.

But users find ways around it.

CLAIRE BENSTEAD: But the issue is now that it's ever evolving, there's a hashtag now that people with eating disorders use and you would never guess it was an eating disorder hashtag.

It's after a famous singer.

They're just changing them to be completely irrelevant from what an eating disorder is and so it's so hard to escape now and I think it's really hard for TikTok to keep up with it all.

DR BONDY KAYE, DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCHER, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: There are mechanisms in place to screen some of that content, but a lot of it is also reliant on human moderation, and when you consider the amount of videos, and the volume that is being uploaded to TikTok, it's a very difficult task to imagine human moderators can catch everything.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Last year, TikTok established a council of outside experts to advise the company about content moderation.

David Polgar is one of them.

DAVID POLGAR, TECH ETHICIST & TIKTOK CONTENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER: As we know, with great power comes great responsibility.

There's a lot of power in TikTok's algorithm.

Therefore you have to constantly be aware of how it's impacting, other individuals and other communities.

I think comparably speaking, TikTok has, has done a pretty decent job with being more reflective on, rabbit holes and, and how that can affect individuals but at the same time you're dealing with human behaviour.

You're dealing with bad actors.

You're dealing with major differences of how people define appropriate vs inappropriate and we have this tricky kind of balancing act that's constantly happening.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok's business model is built on creating a glossy, fun, and glamorous version of the world.

The company has been found to strictly control content that doesn't fit with that image.

In March last year, TikTok policy documents were leaked showing moderators were instructed to suppress posts by creators considered "ugly, poor, or disabled ..."

The documents said videos including people who are chubby or obese, with ugly facial looks like too many wrinkles or facial deformities, and other disabilities should be excluded.

TikTok has said it no longer engages in these practices.

RORY ELIZA, @roryeliza, 5.1M followers: I don't want to admit it but looks have a lot to do with it and we're all secretly a bit vain as much as you don't want to admit it, you go for looks over no looks.

So, I think looks definitely have a lot to do with it and if you look at all the really big-time influencers, they're all beautiful.

If you look at all these influencers, they're all stunning, nothing wrong with them.

So, I think looks definitely have a lot to do with it.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Much of Tiktok's popularity is driven by dance trends choregraphed by Black creators and then copied by white influencers.

But Black content makers say that the platform actively discriminates against them.

DR BONDY KAYE, DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCHER, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: There have been instances of black-creator-led mass walk-offs from the platform, called blackouts, where, on a certain day, black creators will stop using the platform, or will urge other creators to leave the platform, because of TikTok's inaction and failure to respond to or engage with some of the criticisms and the discourse that black creators have raised.

So, if the company continues to be reactive and responsive rather than proactive and really meaningfully engage, then these issues are going to continue to occur.

UNICE WANI, @unicewani, 595.2K followers: Often, I makes me quite furious, I guess, because it's like these black creators, they got talent out here, dancing and showing what they're capable of.

So it's kind of very much disappointing and hard on us when we're out here expected to have all of these in order to get the views in order to get the likes and shares. But no matter how much we try, we're just not going to get that.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Unice Wani is an 18-year-old TikTok creator from Perth.

UNICE WANI, @unicewani, 595.2K followers: I feel like the more I go viral, the more I can basically show the younger generation and show more coloured girls, I guess, or people out there like I'm okay in my own skin.

I love myself the way I am.

I don't care what social media says about me.

What people on the other side of the screen say is about me.

You can be yourself at the end of the day.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: As her following grew so did the hateful comments and she decided to confront the issue on the app.

UNICE WANI UPSOT: The majority of you guys still feel the need to comment on my skin colour, about how dark I am and about how black, black, black I am. Well guess what I am black and so proud.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Unice says that often her videos are hidden or muted from the Tiktok feed... meaning few people see them... a practice known as "shadow banning".

UNICE WANI, @unicewani, 595.2K followers: I guess you tend to get a lot of shadow bans for speaking up about stuff such as racism and stuff.

You couldn't mention one words, black say all of this and your video could get shadow banned.

When you post a video, the video just it's on the app is just, you're not going to get any views for it so you can see it, it's just other people can't see it when they go onto your account as well.

So it's up there. It's just, it's not going to gain your views.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Last year, TikTok creators noticed the algorithm was suppressing posts with the hashtag Black Lives Matter or George Floyd.

UPSOT: So, word on the street is that TikTok has banned the BLM hashtag

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: One of those creators was Sydney man Paniora Nukunuku who had created a video using a pool table to explain the Black Lives Matter issue to Australians.

UPSOT PANIORA NUKUNUKU: This is white Australia table and they pretty much had 200-year head start and their break looks like this. Can you get home ownership in? Beautiful.

PANIORA NUKUNUKU, @pnuks, 188K followers: Yeah. That was spicy. That blew up bigger than I thought it would.

UPSOT PANIORA NUKUNUKU: I just need to put this here. Don't worry, its just trauma and injustice and discrimination but I said sorry so it should be fine. Just go for it.

PANIORA NUKUNUKU, @pnuks, 188K followers: It was the biggest video at the time that I've done and I don't know why.

Oh, I do know why, because it was good.

I shouldn't look at the camera, but I just really proud of it now.

That resulted in my account getting banned for like seven days.

I don't know why.

They claimed that my video breached community guidelines, which is extremely vague because there is no swearing.

There is no explicit language.

There's no nudity or explicit sexual staff, none of that and my account got banned.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok apologised for suppressing hashtags referring to Black Lives Matter, blaming a glitch in the algorithm.

DR BONDY KAYE, DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCHER, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: The company responded with a new initiative for black creators called the TikTok Black Creator programme.

I've spoken to creators who had been approached for that programme, who felt that it was lip service, it wasn't really a well-meaning effort to engage with black voices and engage with discourse that is important to black communities.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Paniora has more than 180 thousand followers on TikTok... he often he posts about living with a disability.

UPSOT PANIORA NUKUNUKU: Growing up with a fake leg I always got in trouble for every time I parked in my disabled spot

PANIORA NUKUNUKU, @pnuks, 188K followers: The first video I did was me going up to a pool and telling my friends to record me, dip my fake leg in the water to test the water out.

It was a really dumb idea, but for some reason, people loved it and in this space of eight hours, it hit about 780,000 views.

UPSOT PANIORA NUKUNUKU: If you have this many followers and the same amount of likes, you are just funny

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Paniora ran into trouble with the TikTok censors when he posted a video of a confrontation with someone who was telling him he shouldn't have a disability permit.

UPSOT PANIORA NUKUNUKU: So this old lady has the nerve to ask me if this is my disability card, this. I wonder if this is enough?

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: The video was taken down. Tiktok said it breached the app's community guidelines.

Paniora appealed and it was put back up. But he's had other videos about his disability removed as well.

PANIORA NUKUNUKU, @pnuks, 188K followers: The video got taken down and I didn't even know it until I looked back at the hashtags and sites to see which videos that I've done have like made it to the top and that wasn't there.

I appealed it.

I don't know why that was taken down.

Do I feel like TikTok has been racist?

I don't know.

Has TikTok been hit up in the past around their moderators being told to limit the exposure of disabled people and ugly people?

Yes.

They've been called out on that. Is this happening again?

I hope not, but it definitely feels like it has.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: In May this year, Paniora posted a video from a pro Palestine rally but TikTok's algorithm flagged it and it was instantly taken down.

Other creators posting TikToks about Palestine have said they've experienced the same thing.

PANIORA NUKUNUKU, @pnuks, 188K followers: When TikTok started removing my videos about the protest, the rally in regards to the Palestinian situation, I was furious. I was like, why?

There is nothing in these videos that will justify a removal, there really isn't.

FERGUS RYAN, CO-AUTHOR, TIKTOK CENSORSHIP REPORT, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE: One of the big problems with TikTok and the unique nature of its opaque algorithm is that it's very difficult to understand or to recognise when censorship is taking place.

So, it is possible for content on the app to be promoted or demoted without anyone knowing.

But we also see evidence of how content moderation that takes place in China, how that type of thinking is still applied to TikTok outside of China.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok is owned by Chinese start up ByteDance, which is believed to be worth more than 250-billion dollars.

It's heavily regulated by the Chinese Government and there is a Communist Party internal committee in ByteDance... which ensures the party's political goals are pursued alongside the companies'.

FERGUS RYAN, CO-AUTHOR, TIKTOK CENSORSHIP REPORT, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE: We have to be extra concerned about how apps like TikTok can be used as a vector for censorship and surveillance.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: The Australian Strategic Policy Institute did the first academic investigation into censorship on TikTok, concluding the company actively uses the algorithm to hide political speech it deems controversial.

The research was funded by the US State Department and found anti-Russian government videos, as well as hashtags about LGBTQI issues and the mass detention of Uyghurs were among those being suppressed.

FERGUS RYAN, CO-AUTHOR, TIKTOK CENSORSHIP REPORT, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE: So, the company has cooperated with public security bureaus all throughout China and including in Xinjiang and that means that they work, they coordinate with government agencies to ensure that the information space in China is pumped full of this propaganda that shows a very rosy picture of what's happening in Xinjiang.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: In 2018, then CEO of ByteDance was forced to publicly apologise saying one of the companies' platforms had gone against China's core socialist values.

FERGUS RYAN, CO-AUTHOR, TIKTOK CENSORSHIP REPORT, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE: We have a very clear public statement from the founder of ByteDance that this is something that he's committed to doing, and to ensuring that the company continues to push this type of propaganda, certainly inside of China.

Whether that is then extended out to the rest of the world via apps like TikTok is another question, and it's something worth watching.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: In a statement, TikTok said that it does not "moderate or remove content based on political sensitivities" and has "never removed content at the request of the Chinese Government."

It also said it "embraces diversity" and denied it discriminates "against any creator or community on our platform."

JAMIL JAFFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: We've known for the better part of a decade, both here in the US and in Australia, about the concerns raised by the prevalence of Chinese telecommunications companies and so then the next question became, well, what about all these apps that are headquartered in China, they're collecting tremendous amounts of user data, they have access to the devices of individuals.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER:Jamil Jaffer is founder of the National Security Institute in Washington and has advised the US government on cyber security.

JAMIL JAFFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: In China it's all the central government, the Communist Party, there's no separation, between the branches and so when these apps have all that data, it's much easier for the Chinese government to simply obtain access to that data.

DR NIELS WOUTERS, RESEARCH FELLOW IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE: My understanding is that about a quarter of the world's population is a member of TikTok, if I'm not mistaken, so that's obviously an enormous amount of data that's being generated, that's being handed over for free to that single social network that has pretty much full control over what it does to the data.

It might analyse it to generate personalised content for you, but it might also use that data to offer technology products and services to other companies moving forward in the future.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Anne Longfield is England's former Children's Commissioner. She's representing millions of kids on TikTok in the UK and Europe in a class action against the company.

ANNE LONGFIELD, CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND 2015-2021: My claim with TikTok at the moment is that they are harvesting huge amounts of data illegally without the consent of children or their parents and they aren't giving um, the uh, right level of transparency about what happens to that data or actually what that data includes.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: Almost a third of TikTok's Australian users are under 14.

Lawyers say TikTok takes personal information like phone numbers, videos, locations, and facial data from kids without their consent, as well as the photos and videos recorded using Tiktok but not uploaded or saved to the platform.

ANNE LONGFIELD, CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND 2015-2021: Given the level of data and the lack of transparency around there, it's difficult to imagine that this isn't just a, a kind of information gathering service which is thinly veiled as some kind of enjoyable platform which appeals to young children.

So, the real incentive here, when you look at it in really cold terms, seems to be to gather as much data as possible to really be able to monetize that.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: TikTok's already been fined millions of dollars in the US and South Korea for harvesting children's data.

The company restricted app access for children and has taken down millions of underage users' accounts.

There's been no legal action in Australia.

ANNE LONGFIELD, CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND 2015-2021: I think that governments do have a responsibility to intervene, to ensure that children are protected in whatever kind of environment they're in and you know, you see those, you see those, those protections and measures in terms of the physical environment, in terms of their safety, you know, in the communities they live in and the environments they are but it hasn't always been the case online and, and, and some uh, governments have struggled to see what that means.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: If the case is successful, TikTok could have to pay children from the UK and Europe billions in compensation.

TikTok is fighting the case.

In a statement, the company said:

"Privacy and safety are top priorities for TikTok and we have robust policies, processes and technologies in place to help protect all users, and our teenage users in particular.

We believe the claims lack merit and intend to vigorously defend the action."

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: The US government is reviewing TikTok and hasn't ruled out a ban.

JAMIL JAFFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: The real question you ask is, what about the national security application?

So okay, yes, a lot of people are using it, right?

But why does that matter?

And it matters, I think, because of the access it gives you to this large amount of data.

You never think about the Chinese government in Beijing having videos of you in your home, outside your home, at the park with your kids, knowing who your kids play with.

I mean, that's what they have now potentially with this data set.

We've seen now two consecutive presidents sign executive orders making clear that they are very concerned about the national security implications of TikTok's data collection, as well as the impact it has on the privacy and civil liberties of Americans.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER:India has announced a ban on TikTok and in July last year, Prime Minister Scott Morrison ordered a review by intelligence agencies into the app.

SCOTT MORRISON, PRIME MINISTER: We are always very mindful of those risks and we are always monitoring them very, very closely and if we consider there is a need to take further action than we are taking now, then I can tell you we won't be shy about it.

FERGUS RYAN, CO-AUTHOR, TIKTOK CENSORSHIP REPORT, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE: It's certainly a security concern that the data of Australian users is potentially going back to Beijing.

TikTok maintained that this is not the case and our analysis showed that there's certainly not a fire hose of content that's being sent back to Beijing.

But that doesn't mean that that content can't be accessed from Beijing if that's required.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER:TikTok maintains Australian users' data is held on servers in the US and Singapore and that it has never provided data to the Chinese government.

Staff in the Home Affairs and Defence Departments have been told not to have TikTok on their phones because of security risks.

But Scott Morrison said there wasn't enough evidence to ban TikTok in Australia.

FERGUS RYAN, CO-AUTHOR, TIKTOK CENSORSHIP REPORT, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE: The scope of the investigation did seem to be quite limited and that scope is not really enough to be able to tell the rest of Australia and regular Australian citizens whether it's a good idea for them to be using the app.

There should definitely be another more rigorous and lengthy review into TikTok to fully understand what the risks that TikTok presents.

JAMIL JAFFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: So if you just look at TikTok in, in isolation and say, "Well, this is just one app, and it's just kids doing dancing videos."

It seems innocuous.

But it's really takes place in this much larger context of data collection, artificial intelligence, and a real effort by the Chinese to consolidate influence in the region and across the globe.

AVANI DIAS, REPORTER: In just two years, TikTok has cemented itself as the app of choice for millions of Australians.

There are serious concerns that TikTok's fun and beautiful version of reality is distorting the way we see the world.

And questions about whether its users understand the risks.

DR NIELS WOUTERS, RESEARCH FELLOW IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE: We're really at risk of having generations of young people that haven't been able to form their own identity in natural ways, and instead have formed identities in response to something that a technology or a technology platform prescribes to be the normal or the new normal.

PANIORA NUKUNUKU, @pnuks, 188K followers: I understand that TikTok is trying its very best to make the platform palatable to everyone by just having fun dance videos and lip-sync videos.

But I know that my content gives value to so many people who look like me, who live at the same life like me, who are brown like me.

LAUREN HEMMINGS: I ended up cutting off TikTok after a few months, but even with that, it still left me with the eating disorder.

TikTok kind of led to the development and then it has taken a really, really long time to fix that. TikTok isn't out here to help people.

I don't think it's come into the world with this intention of helping people.

If they're going to make money off of something, then they will make money off of something.

I think they maybe need to realise the impact that is having on people.

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Kids if they have dealt with verbal and physical abuse can have trauma, this can lead to them not believing in people and pushing themselves out of society. Verbal abuse can happen in work and school places and if it’s in school for example teacher needs to tell students that it’s not okay to do this to other students.

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All children should be treated fairly regardless of their:
-gender
-race
-beliefs
-culture
-skin colour
-background                     ect…

This means that all children have the right to an education, boy or girl. Some people think that education is not important, however they play a big part in both our world and economy. Education is a pathway for children to have a better future and get jobs (employed). Not only does this help prevent mass unemployment, but it also helps boost and grow our economy in a variety of different ways. There is a massive difference of the lives of those who do and don’t get and education.

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Having the right to be safe no matter were you are or who you are was being denied from August 10, 1942 to October 28 1945 for the Japanese Americans. They were blamed for bombing pearl harbour and were put into incarceration camps which were similar to concentration camps.

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Dig Deeper into understanding the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans through oral history and other primary sources paired here with activities designed for the middle school or high school classroom. These learning activities will help students engage with the history and think critically about how the past can inform understandings of the present.

Pre-War & Pearl HarborDespite facing prejudice and discriminatory laws, thousands of Japanese immigrants came to the United States starting in the mid-1800s. By the time Aki was born in 1925, there were thousands of Japanese American workers, farmers, business owners, and others building lives in the US. Watch: A Community Grows, Despite Racism

When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 the government retaliated against Japanese Americans even though a decade of surveillance proved there was no reason to suspect they posed any harm to the US. Even so, Japanese community leaders were rounded up by the army, FBI, and local police without any charges (and often with no warrants). These individuals were usually told they would be gone a few hours, but many of them were detained for the entire war. Watch: Aki Kurose talks about facing discrimination the day after Pearl Harbor

Classroom activity I: Phrase/Word Thinking Routine
- Activity instructions
- Aki Kurose oral history transcript I
- Classroom demo

Classroom activity II: Found Poem (this activity builds on the Phrase/Word activity)
- Activity instructions
- Classroom demo

Media Representations and Minidoka Concentration Camp After Pearl Harbor, media portrayals of Japanese Americans helped to stoke anti-Japanese sentiment. This classroom activity will help your students look closely at primary source images and make interpretations based on evidence.

Classroom activity: Zoom In
- Activity Instructions
- Powerpoint slideshow to facilitate the activity
- Classroom demo

In February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the forcible removal of Japanese American men, women, and children from "exclusion zones" on the West Coast. Most were first held in temporary detention facilities and then relocated to more permanent concentration camps that had been quickly constructed in desolate areas of California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, and Arkansas. More than 120,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned, two-thirds of whom were US citizens. Watch: American Concentration Camps

Aki and her family were incarcerated first at the Puyallup Fair Grounds outside of Seattle and, later, in the Minidoka concentration camp in Idaho. As a teenage girl, the lack of privacy and the disruption of family time posed some of the biggest challenges.

Watch: Aki remembers life at Minidoka "The thing I felt most was the lack of privacy."

Japanese American responses to WWII incarceration varied greatly. Some chose to prove their loyalty to the US by signing up to join the army. Others resisted incarceration and pursued legal challenges. Watch: Japanese American Responses to Incarceration

Post-War America and Finding Empowerment Through Peace After graduating from high school at Minidoka, Aki was granted leave to attend Friends University, a Quaker College in Wichita, Kansas. She later married and resettled in Chicago, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans as they were released from the camps. It would be decades before activists were able to win an official apology and redress from the US government. Watch Righting a Wrong

By the time she made her way back to Seattle and enrolled her six children in school, the civil rights movement was in full swing. Aki and her family faced ongoing discrimination and she saw the way other communities had been impacted by racism too, but she found peace through her commitment to activism. Watch Aki talk about finding empowerment through peace

Classroom Activity: Group quilt and examining what inspires our own commitment to action
- Activity description
- Aki Kurose oral history transcript II
For use in a virtual classroom environment: Classroom Activity 1: Step In, Step Out, Step Back
Purpose: To give students practice in reflecting on their own perspective and thinking about someone else's perspective on an experience or event.

Step In, Step Out, Step Back is a thinking routine adapted from Harvard Project Zero's Thinking Routine Toolbox

Thinking routines are simple strategies that teachers can use to cultivate thinking and deepen learning for students.

Step In, Step Out, Step Back is a routine that helps students gain experience in the challenging cognitive and emotional task of taking someone else's perspective. "Standing in someone else's shoes" helps students avoid making stereotypes and projecting their own values and beliefs onto others and gain appreciation for the value of multiple perspectives.

See Activity 1 instructions here.
Classroom Activity 2: See, Think, Wonder
Purpose: To encourage students to look carefully at visual media, and to make thoughtful observations and interpretations.

See, Think, Wonder is a thinking routine adapted from Harvard Project Zero's Thinking Routine Toolbox.

Thinking routines are simple strategies that teachers can use to cultivate thinking and deepen learning for students.

See, Think, Wonder is a thinking routine that encourages students to make careful observations and thoughtful interpretations. It helps stimulate curiosity and promote critical thinking.

A World War II era photograph by well-known photographer, Dorothea Lange, is used for this lesson. The photograph shows a boarded up store in Oakland, CA that is for sale. The store owner was a Japanese American University of California graduate. The owner placed the "I Am An American" sign on the storefront on December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor. Soon after, all Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were forcibly removed to temporary detention centers, then to concentration camps. They were forced to rent, sell or abandon their homes, businesses, and other property, often with only a few days' notice.

See Activity 2 Instructions here.
Classroom Activity 3: The Power of Words
Purpose: To help students think critically about the language used to name or describe experiences or events.

This activity examines how language shapes our perception of events and how it can be used to manipulate our thoughts and feelings. It is based on Densho's article on Terminology and explores the euphemisms used to describe the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

See Activity 3 instructions here.

Additional Resources
-Short films on Japanese American history before, during, and after WWII.
- Teaching Japanese American History withPrimary Sources (free online course for educators)
- Densho Encyclopedia
- Densho Guide to Media on the Japanese American Removal and Incarceration

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On December 7, 1941, 16 year-old Aki Kurose shared in the horror of millions of Americans when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor. Unbeknownst to her, this shared experience would soon leave her family and over 120,000 Japanese Americans alienated from their country, both socially and physically.

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Privacy is important, you should feel safe at all times
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Children should live for as long as we can and so should the earth

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Children should live for as long as we can and so should the earth

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Global Reactions to United Nations IPCC Report on Climate Change

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Molly Wright, a year 2 has spoken upon having parents taking a break from their digital devices and to spend more time with their child instead. By spending more time with them, this can give you and your child more bond and connection. Giving your child more attention can help them to reach to their full potential. Diana 6MM

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A sassy* Aussie schoolgirl is set for global fame with her plea for parents to ditch digital devices and play with their kids. Seven-year-old Gold Coast girl Molly Wright has become the youngest person to deliver a TED Talk*, in a passionate message backed by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that could reach millions of viewers worldwide.

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I’m unsure what one these fall into but they are..
-how social media beauty standards affect your health.
-how depression and anxiety impact your mental health

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I'm considering doing video game addiction as I play video games and I would like to research into the topic but I'm not sure as to what category of childrens rights that would fit in to.

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Drinking soda everyday can lead to life threatening diseases such as heart attack and liver failure.

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What If We Drank COLA Everday? | Bad Effects Of Soda On Health | Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz

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The right to be safe no matter who you are - Adina

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The right to be safe no matter who you are - Adina

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Children have the right to be protected from all kinds of dangers, mental or physical it doesn’t matter all children have the right to be protected by the people around them.

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I want to do women’s inequality in politics.

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SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: These days we tend to think of boys and girls as being pretty much equal. You can both get an education. When you turn 18 you'll both be able to vote. You'll both be able to work in just about any field you want. And either one of you could become the prime minister. But it wasn't that long ago that the scales weren't nearly so even.

If you were a woman in the 1800's you couldn't have done the same things as men. Your main job would have been seen as getting married and having children. Then, everything you had would belong to your husband. You wouldn't even be allowed to vote. And it was in the late 1800's that many women started to demand change. They called them suffragettes.

REPORTER: Suffrage means the right to vote for politicians to represent you. In a democracy every vote counts and it means your opinion is just as important as anyone else's.

Some argued that women shouldn't be allowed to vote because they were too emotional and not smart enough to understand politics and that their place was at home. But the suffragettes fought hard to change their minds. They debated, wrote articles and petitions, protested, even faced arrest. And eventually it paid off.

REPORTER: It was in this building 119 years ago that the Government of South Australia became one of the first in the world to give women the right to vote and the first anywhere to also give them the right to run for parliament.

It was the first tip of the scales towards equality. The first and then the second world wars had a big effect on the role of women in society. With so many men called off to fight, women were asked to do all sorts of jobs they ever done before. Many enjoyed what they did. And they were good at it.

But when the war was over they were expected to go back to being housewives. They could learn, they could vote and they could work but women still weren't equal. They faced discrimination in the workplace and the media. They were generally paid less than men for doing the same job and were expected to stop working when they got married.

LINE FROM THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN: Just about an hour ago I had you fired. What? Why did you do that? I thought being my wife would take up all of your time.

In the 60's and 70's women again fought for their rights. There were some big revolutions like the birth control pill which meant women could control when they had children. Women protested for equal pay, equal opportunities, even the right to drink in bars with men.

And the world kept changing. Women led countries and businesses. They went to space and they were ordained as religious leaders. Australia got female judges and a governor general and three years ago the country elected its first ever female prime minister.

So do women now have equal rights with men? Some say yes. It's now against the law in Australia to discriminate against women. But others say not quite. On average women still earn less money than men. Fewer women run big companies and fewer sit in parliament.

And some reckon women are still judged differently to men. But at least in Australia the scales are definitely more even than they were and you can enjoy your equality thanks to the efforts of the many Aussie women who went before.

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There's been a lot of talk in the media recently about whether women are treated equally to men. It's called sexism and it's something even the Prime Minister says she's been a victim of. But while people disagree about how fairly women are treated today there's no doubt they weren't treated equally in the past.

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To not be judged owe should all be treated fairly no matter what because we all have diffrent personalities but we are all human beings and deserve the right to be treated fairly

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A time limit on how long you can be on the screen
Riley
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I think this right is important because u should be treated fairly no matter where u go or where u come from

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Not sleeping well in fear of the COVID-19. Alex 6SH

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Not sleeping well in fear of the COVID-19. Alex 6SH

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Some people might be living in fear for many reasons: hallucinations, bad dreams or war, but in 2020 many people have started to sleep uneasy all over the world because of COVID-19.

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What would happen if you didn’t sleep? - Claudia Aguirre

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I think this right is important because no matter what country you come from or food you eat we are all the same

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-Mariana

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Global Reactions to United Nations IPCC Report on Climate Change

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Children should have the right to grow up in a good house hold and have 4 walls and a roof above their head. Children should also have the right to have health food and a parent or someone who is taking care of the child.

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Children have the right to live and grow up healthy, if they have a healthy life that will impact with their future and give you the option to play sports, drink clean water and eat.

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Everyone should have a balanced healthy environment to live in so we can have a good future for us to pursue in career we want.

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To not be judged were ever you go.
Riley
6AE

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Home - We all should have a home to our liking nor it’s small or big! What is a home to me? Well it somewhere I like to live comfortably without any discomfort & having warmth or coolness inside to your liking! What Your home to you?

Being cared for - This is a big part of your Personality! Being cared for is when someone you know like your Family or Friends are there for you when you need it or to support you. What is Being cared for me? Well I would see it as having your privacy & having freedom to do what you want but also the ones you love supporting you to reach your goal.

To sum it all up, Home is a Place that you would call to be your comfortable Place & being cared for is someone supporting you to reach your goals! This right is very important to me but would it be for you?

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I think this right because there is no reason we shouldn’t be treated fairly because we are somewhere else we should be treated fairly no matter where we are.

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Children should be able to have access to clean water
And a reasonable amount of food.
These are really important for the body to keep you healthy.
With a healthy body children can have a healthy and better future. You don’t need to worry about going to the doctors every now and then.

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People have been protesting that women should have the exact same rights as men, however, women still are being seen as different to men. As it says in the video, if a man and a woman works for the same time and work in the same profession, the woman often still receives lesser money. That needs to be changed. People should be treated fairly no matter who they are and what gender they are.

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PROTESTER: I think it's important for women to be treated equally.

PROTESTER: I feel like women don't get enough respect and men and boys should stand up for them a lot more.

They were scenes and words that echoed all across Australia and around the globe.

PROTESTERS: What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now.

As thousands of people of all ages hit the streets to demand change.

PROTESTER: I think that women should have the same respect and the same power as men do.

While the law says that men and women should be treated equally, experts say that's not always the case.

DR ANASTASIA POWELL, ASSOC. PROF. CRIMINOLOGY & JUSTICE, RMIT: Women make up less than a third of our elected leaders in Parliament, and two university graduates, a man and a woman, when they get their first job, the woman on average earns 10 per cent less, even though they've got exactly the same qualification. So, our society treats men and women differently. And it treats them as though they're worth a little bit less than men. It makes it easier for other people to hurt them. And it also makes it harder for people to ask for help if they are getting hurt.

Dr Powell says that hurt all too often comes in the form of sexual harassment or violence.

DR ANASTASIA POWELL, ASSOC. PROF. CRIMINOLOGY & JUSTICE, RMIT: So sexual violence, harassment or abuse can really be anything that makes someone feel uncomfortable, so whether it's someone touching their body or even making comments about their body or anything in a sexual way, that's not wanted.

Surveys show that one in two women in Australia have experienced sexual harassment. One in six experienced violence by their partner and one in five have experienced some form of sexual violence since the age of 15. While men do experience these things too; it happens way more often to women. And recently, this woman came forward to say it happened to her while she was working for the government at Parliament House.

BRITTANY HIGGINS, FORMER LIBERAL STAFFER: My story was on the front page for the sole reason that it is a painful reminder to women that if it can happen in Parliament House, it can truly happen anywhere.

Her story made a lot of people angry and sparked these big March4Justice protests.

PROTESTER: We want people to be able to dress how they want; behave how they want and not have terribly unjust consequences.

PROTESTER: I want the politicians to listen to women about what's happening and for them to make changes.

Governments have started programs to try to address the problem, including ad campaigns like this.

AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT AD: Doesn't she know that's just boys being boys? Yeah, I mean, I've already accepted that as I grow up, I'll probably be harassed and even abused.

And education programs in schools teaching kids about respectful relationships and recognising gender stereotypes. Experts say from the time we're really little we can start to get messages about how boys and girls should look and act.

DR ANASTASIA POWELL, ASSOC. PROF. CRIMINOLOGY & JUSTICE, RMIT: Those types of stereotypes about boys and girls or men and women, they do cause real harm, they add up to a society that doesn't treat women with respect.

AMELIA, REPORTER: So, Dr Powell, what can kids do?

DR ANASTASIA POWELL, ASSOC. PROF. CRIMINOLOGY & JUSTICE, RMIT: When someone says, oh, girls can't play sport, or boys shouldn't have long hair, or boys are just naturally loud and strong, and girls should be quieter; and we can say "hey, that's just not true".

She also says it's really important to speak up.

DR ANASTASIA POWELL, ASSOC. PROF. CRIMINOLOGY & JUSTICE, RMIT: If someone does tell you that they're being hurt by another person, it's really important that we believe them, and that we help them to talk to someone about it. So, whether that's a trusted teacher, whether it's a parent, or even the police, everyone deserves to be safe.

That's a message that protesters say they want taken to workplaces, sports clubs, homes and even right here {parliament}, so we can all enjoy a safer and more equal future.

PROTESTER: I think women should just be able to follow their own dreams and do what they want to do and what makes them happy.

PROTESTER: I want to live in a world where all genders are equal, you know no matter if you're non-binary, man or woman. It's so important that we just move together as a generation otherwise nothing is ever going to get done and no change will happen.

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Everyone should be treated the same no matter what because on the inside everyone’s the same

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A child should have the right to have a say in decisions that effect them because if the child doesn’t like that decision it can effect them and their well-Being. Children should have a say in decisions because when they get older if they don’t like a decision that is made they need there voice to be heard and try and get there opinion across.

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Children should have the right to know who they are and where they come from because in the future they will have to know that kind of information about them selves. It is important to know this because they can embrace it in they future life.

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Stopping rubbish from going into the ocean. Saving the ocean 1 fish at a time. Having a day to go clean a river in the local community , pick up rubbish. I looked at 4ocean. Help too support them.

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Just because someone's a person of colour or has different sexual preferences, disabilities, or is religious, they should be treated equally no matter what.

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What would happen if you didn’t exercise? Billy

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What would happen if you didn’t exercise? Billy

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Already after about a week you’re a lot less fit and there is a lot less oxygen to generate energy for your muscles. Soon enough your muscles and tissues start to deteriorate and fat cells build up in there place. At this stage if you tried to exercise it would be dangerous for your body because of high blood pressure, obesity and deppression.
It is very important to get at least 60 minutes of exercise every day during childhood and 30 minutes as an adult .

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A child should have a say in somethings because they might not be heard and that will make them upset.

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Children should have the right to know who they are and where they come from because in the future they will need to know that kind of information about them selves. It is important to make sure were they come from so they can embrace it in there future life.

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Just because of your race people can’t just come to your home and place and kick you about of it.

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Children have the right to live and grow up healthy they are the worlds future and deserve to grow up healthy. Having a healthy life helps them for there future, making sure children have the right rights to get medical care etc be cared for no matter what .

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Social Media Stars are helping the whitehouse convince the public to get the jab-Jamison 6MM

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Social Media Stars are helping the whitehouse convince the public to get the jab-Jamison 6MM

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The government use popular people to get people to get the vaccine

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They've been enlisted by the President of the United States to fight fake news and tackle misinformation. Armed only with their phones and some specially purchased lighting and audio equipment. It's the US Influencer Army.

OK, that's what I imagine an influencer army looks like, but in reality, it's more like this. You see, a place that normally has quite a lot of influence recently realised it could use a little help you know influencing people. The White House.

WHITE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE: So, I have a special guest with me today. Joining us in the briefing room is actress and multi-platform recording singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.

OLIVIA RODRIGO, POP STAR: First I want to say I am beyond honoured and humbled to be here today to help spread the message about the importance of youth vaccination.

Yup, to encourage more young people to get vaccinated, the US government's recruited the biggest artist of 2021. Along with a so-called "army" of 50 TikTokers, Twitch streamers, YouTubers, and Instagrammers.

MIA FINNEY, TIK TOK INFLUENCER: One month ago, I got fully vaccinated.

TINX, TIKTOK INFLUENCER: You need to lock it up OK. I have a little bit of a sore throat. For the final time, I only protect against COVID.

Like many countries, the US is trying to get on a roll with its vaccine rollout. And while it is doing well, teens and young adults still have the lowest vaccination rates of any group, even though people as young as 13 can get the vaccine there. Experts say the vaccine effort is coming up against a powerful enemy online, fake news and misinformation. A problem that goes way beyond the US.

TRISHA: So, on social media I've seen a lot of people like put emphasis on the side effects and how bad they are after they receive the vaccine. Vaccines are known for having side effects after, that's just normal for vaccines for any disease.

ZAKI: I've seen that the vaccine is untested, isn't safe for people because it was developed in such a short time.

MITCHELL: I've seen lots of misinformation that the government's tracking you by giving you the vaccine, no one's actually dying. It's all fake.

AMELIA: What do you think about those things?

ZAKI: Well, I think they're false because they wouldn't be testing out some experimental vaccine on people without getting it tested first.

While social media platforms have been trying to stop that kinda fake info spreading by flagging it and even slapping bans on people or organisations spreading it, the White House has decided to try this powerful weapon for good. It's asked influencers to spread positive messages and facts about COVID vaccinations. With the help of the President's chief medical advisor.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT: What's up dudes?

MATT & ABBY, TIK TOK INFLUENCERS: What's up Dr. Fauci.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT: There are multiple myths going on out there, from anything from aliens taking over your body to becoming magnetic. Thank you for what you're doing, it's really important.

Social media isn't the only thing countries around the world are using to encourage people to get the jab. There's also everything from ads.

SIGNAPORE VACCINE AD: Singapore. Don't wait and see. Better get your shot. Steady pom pi pi.

To cash prizes and music festivals tickets. So will it work?

ZAKI: I think encouraging people to get vaccinated is a great idea because they get to protect their loved ones and their school mates, teachers, family.

FENET: I think it's really good that they promote vaccines on social media, and incentives are a really good idea.

I guess it's up to these influencers to help fight on the social media frontlines. Wait, not these influencers. The real ones. Oh man. Well, you get the idea.

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They've been enlisted by the President of the United States to fight fake news and tackle misinformation. Armed only with their phones and some specially purchased lighting and audio equipment. It's the US Influencer Army. OK, that's what I imagine an influencer army looks like, but in reality, it's more like this.

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How does social media affect kids?
Social media is an addiction for kids and causing hacks and the photos they post affect their future.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER!!!

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PROTESTER: Black lives matter. For weeks now it's a message that's been echoing right across the country as thousands of people came together to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the US. PROTESTER: We stand with you America. No more deaths.

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Skateboarding it’s good for your health and well-being

We need more spots for skating. It’s an Olympic sport. Even in sport at school . It’s good for mental health and so you can live and grow up health.

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This is a really important right. You should be able to come home feel welcome feel loved and have a nice warm place to sleep and have all the essentials you need. If you see anybody living with not all the basic needs and be kind and generous and give what do you have but make sure you still have all the basics need to uni

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Be equal.

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Kids should know where they have came from because it is important to know your background and beliefs.

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Every kid should have help with anything if they need it. For example if they need help with, school work, bulling, growth abuse, mental health ect. Every child should be protected from any violence or abuse or anything that could hurt their growth as a human being. Each kid should be treated with love and care, no kid should experience any kind of trauma.

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It is important because if your parents get you KFC every day for dinner you will be unhealthy and ungrateful for treats.

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This is a really important right You deserve to have a roof over your head. you should be able to come home eat sleep stay in a nice warm bed do you need all the basic essentials. 1/4 of the worlds population don’t have many of the things a lot of kids in Africa and India. If you see anybody living with not all the basic need well then be generous kind and give what you have but still make sure you have all the basic needs

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Riley
6AE
Children shouldn’t be drinking from dirty water and having dirty flys in there food.Also they should have a sustainable life.

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When we are born our parents helps us grow healthy and take care of us but what if we didn't have that? Many children need to grow up healthy to be able to live their life without it many kids would die and never be able to grow up and live their life.
Kids must be able to eat healthy, have an education, have fresh air, go outside and have a little fun and be taken care of in the future to reach their life as an adult. If we stop doing this the generation of us humans will come to an end and humans will never reach their full potential in Earth.

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Just because of your race or belief doesn’t matter. You shouldn’t be treated differently from other kids.

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Everyone should be cared for and have a roof over their head. Kids need to be safe so they can grow up happy and healthy, it’s important that there isn’t any child abuse among families so the child doesn’t experience any trauma

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Everyone thinks their parents are making them do hard work but they don’t know the output of putting your effort on anything you want to achieve.It is hard now,It’s easy later.

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It’s important for children to live and grow up healthy because children have to have a great life because they need a healthy life to stay alive and keep the world going.If children don’t have this right it will be a crucial state for the earth as us kids will be the next adults and we will take on our generation for longer.

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Every child should be able to say what they’re allowed to say.
Otherwise it could damage the mentally and physically. Kids have the right to change the world themselves not just parents. We can be free to speak.

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Everyone should be treated fairly for they who be hurt also have feelings. Bullying someone can lead to permanent damage in the brain. Treat people the way you want to be treated.

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All children need a healthy life so they can live a healthy life and grow strong and grow up to their best potential, they also need to have a healthy mindset so they can have a good healthy life without any mental problems in it!!

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Everyone should be treated the exact same no bullying no judging no being rude we are all the same no matter what they believe. Don’t make fun of people If there rich if there poor you are still the same,same would ,same shops, same stores, same material  and much more!

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It’s extremely important for children to live and have a healthy life as Right 3 states, because food and drink will support the child’s body to be strong and be healthy. Another part of the child’s life is not only physical health, but mental health and knowing you’re fit and out of the way of danger will make you have a growth mindset.

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What would happen if you didn’t drink water? - Mia Nacamulli

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When children get a concussion it can effect the growth and thinking of their mind. When this happens children can be a life threatening situations which some don’t get out of. For most sports their is head gear which is optional, however you can still get concussion.

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Every child should be able to have say if something is affecting them. It could damage them mentally and physically. Speaking up can help.

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If children grow up and live healthy they have a higher chance of a better future with a less chance of illness’s. All children should have the right to grow up and live healthy as it helps the mentally and physically

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Everyone should not make fun of people if they are a different race or they have a different religion everyone is and always will be the same I’ve if they’re poor or rich.

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Everyone should be treated the same way no matter what they believe or what they like.

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It’s to feel alone and always having to be scared when walking around which isn’t healthy for the human child to experience. It can lead them to be super quite and just shut down hiding in their comfort zone

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People throwing away food when it might not mean anything to them but in other countries they don’t have as much money to buy food. In those poorer countries the kids have the right to live and grow up healthy but as people are throwing Tones of food those kids don’t get that opportunity and that food that is getting wasted could easily get given to them.

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Everyone has the right to be treated fairly no matter the colour of their skin or where they come from. We are all different and cannot all be the same that is what makes us unique. This is the right of being treated fairly.

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Why we should not discriminate: Discrimination is negativity judging someone or a group of people based on things such as their colour, cast, creed, gender and gender orientation, age, physical and mental abilities etc. This cruel judgement affects people's everyday lives and how they live everyday as it severely impacts the way they are treated, looked at by society and how they feel about themselves.

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It is very important that children grow up to be healthy they won’t only have a better future their physical and mental state will improve and it will help them to grow up more healthy and just have a better life in general with less issues to worry about

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Everyone should be treated fair no matter what you look like or where you come from.

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Privacy is important because when adults take photos of there children they might post it online and kids wouldn’t want to have photos of them online

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Everyone needs to feel safe and happy no matter where you are

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I going to look at video game addiction and what part of the brain causes that and are the people who are addicted to video games is the part of the brain that causes addiction is it bigger or smaller and is a genetic thing and are those people more prone to get addicted to other things

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Children should always have someone everywhere they go that is prepared to do what is best and protect the children when needed.

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You have to eat healthy food to love and grow up healthy so your whole body can develop. So you can become the best you can be.