September 2, 2026 - Anthony Albanese says Australians should have more control over what they see on their devices but has not backed an opt-in model. (ABC News: Matt Roberts) In her speech, Ms Contos argued an opt-out system for algorithms would be a "first step" and congratulated the government for seeking to address the issue.

Did you know that older women are ... homelessness in Australia? They carry the brunt of the gender pay gap and domestic violence often leaves them without options. Safe spaces are essential. @AmandaRishworth @AlboMP 👏🏻 ... Today I announced that an Albanese Labor Government ...

September 27, 2026 - Chanel Contos is an Australian sexual consent advocate. Contos became known globally in 2021, following an outpouring of responses to her request for young Australian women to report on their sexual assault experiences. She is the founder of the non-profit research and advocacy organisation ...

September 1, 2026 - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese supported the idea of giving Australians more control over content on their devices, but did not explicitly endorse Contos’s proposed active-consent model.

September 30, 2025 - Contos remarked on the pleasure in seeing not only the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, but also Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the event that raised the subject of the social media ban.

September 3, 2026 - “I think political will is the only thing stopping us getting over the line,” Ms Contos said. She warned that weaker measures could allow technology companies to avoid meaningful change. “It is too easy for big tech to design schemes that appear as structural reform but actually suit them just fine,” she said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has supported giving Australians greater control over what they see online but has stopped short of endorsing an opt-in model.

Chanel started the ‘Teach Us Consent‘ movement in Australia which inspired an ongoing national conversation around sexual assault and the lack of education on consent and sex in schools. Her petition demanding holistic and earlier consent education gained 45,000 signatures and 6,700 people came forward to detail their experience of sexual assault while in the Australian school system.

Chanel Contos talks about her campaign against social media algorithms and how it has helped shape a groundbreaking bill in her native Australia to increase regulation of big tech

April 24, 2024 - Contos explained that her goal is to continue improving teaching training and education in Australia, while also expanding this campaign to the UK, USA, and Greece as she continues her mission to “eliminate normalised sexual violence”.

August 20, 2022 - CC: A year after that conversation with my friends, I was doing my master’s in the UK in gender, education and international development, researching low-income countries and the extent of sexual violence experienced by girls there. Yet, it really wasn’t that dissimilar to my upbringing in Australia, which is one of the most privileged countries in the world.

1 day ago - The second harm is polarising content. Teach Us Consent founder Chanel Contos launched the #FixOurFeeds campaign in December 2025. Contos said young men and boys are funnelled into misogynistic online spaces, and that research shows extreme ...

July 15, 2026 - We currently have three working ... This paper examines trends in African migration to Australia, settlement patterns, motivations for migration, and the diverse backgrounds that make up the African diaspora...

In February 2021, Chanel Contos asked on Instagram if anyone had been sexually assaulted while at school. Within 24 hours, over 200 people had replied ‘yes’. She then launched an online petition to make consent education mandatory in Australian schools. It attracted 45,000 signatures.

December 12, 2022 - Chanel Contos is an Australian student and sexual consent activist. Contos became known globally in 2021, following an outpouring of responses to her request for young Australian women to report on their sexual assault experiences.

March 1, 2024 - The following day Contos—who is currently enrolled in a Masters of Education, Gender, and International Development at University College London—launched a petition calling on the Australian government to enact a more holistic approach to ...

January 15, 2025 - Chanel Contos is aiming to make Australian society safer for young girls and women by demolishing the "rape culture" that exists in our society, particularly among youth.

November 18, 2023 - Chanel Contos, who founded Teach Us Consent, a campaign that mandated consent education in Australia. was the recipient of the Australian Human Rights Commission Young People's Medal in 2021.

November 7, 2024 - Student and activist Chanel Contos is the founder of Teach Us Consent, an organisation fighting to make consent education a standard in Australian schools and eradicate the normalisation of sexual violence.

52K followers, 4,229 following, 1,080 posts – Chanel Contos ⋆ (@chanelc) on Instagram: "@teachusconsent"

August 15, 2022 - Chanel Contos founded Teach Us Consent, a grassroots campaign in Australia that exposed how many school students experience and perpetrate sexual violence, and advocated for holistic consent education for young people to prevent this.