Online safety tsar wants ‘systemic power’ to tackle tech-enabled abuse


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner is seeking expanded powers to stop the promotion of harmful apps online and ban users in what would be a significant step beyond its current content takedown schemes.

Current Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has discussed the wider remit to fill “gaps” in industry rules with Delia Rickard, who is conducting a statutory review of the Online Safety Act and will report in October.

“Both she and I …

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