False Positives, Real Harm: When Child Safety Systems Get It Wrong
When Jonas (not his real name) posted a photo of himself in sports clothes to his own Instagram account, the last thing […]
Stop Trump Immigration Social Media Dragnet
The Trump Administration is currently trying to put rules in place for foreigners to hand over several years of social media history, […]
Beyond the Filter: Australia’s Under 16 Social Media Ban
This episode discusses Australia’s groundbreaking social media minimum age law, which mandates that platforms block users under 16. The conversation explores the […]
Drawing the Line
The Drawing the Line Between Personal Expression and Lived Abuse program addresses a growing and consequential failure in contemporary lawmaking: the deliberate erosion of […]
Drawing the Line Webinar
This webinar held on 10 December 2025 was for the the global launch of the Drawing the Line Watchlist—a groundbreaking report examining […]
Beyond the Filter: Drawing the Line Watchlist
In this special edition of Beyond the Filter, hosts Brandy Brightman and Jeremy Malcolm present the global launch of the Drawing the […]
Fan Refuge Launch Postponed and How You Can Help
One of COSL’s anticipated projects, Fan Refuge, a fandom community site built by fans, for fans, has been postponed. This decision was […]
So you’re living under fascism — what do you do now?
For those of us not living under a rock, and with the unfortunate ability of pattern recognition, it’s not hard to realize […]
Beyond the Filter: Fantasy Sexual Materials and Offending
Hosts Brandy and Jeremy talk with Dr. Craig Harper of Nottingham Trent University about his research on whether fantasy sexual materials—like AI-generated […]
Stop State-Sanctioned Revictimization: An Open Letter to the Australian Parliament
In 2016, Australian police ran a secret online operation that shocked the world.For eleven months, Task Force Argos controlled Childs Play, one […]