Tag: Anika Wells

Platforms raised alarm on age assurance trial midway through

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s trial of age assurance technology used a “mystery shopping” company that tried to recruit its own staff to test options like facial and voice analysis, according to insiders’...

Govt to ban nudify and stalking apps

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Communications minister Anika Wells on Tuesday signalled online safety laws will be changed to restrict access to apps that ‘nudify’ or enable undetectable stalking. Platforms will be forced to...

Senate to probe youth social media ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Liberal and Nationals senators have sided with the Greens to set up a parliamentary probe into the federal government’s social media ban for under-16s and search engine age verification....

Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for under-16s

Posted on   |  by Renju Jose
YouTube will be included in Australia’s world-first ban on social media for teenagers, the federal government announced on Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the platform. Australia’s eSafety...

Opposition demands release of eSafety research on YouTube ban

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The federal Opposition has demanded that government release the research underpinning the eSafety Commissioner’s decision to include YouTube in its social media ban, saying the uncertainty of incomplete information...

Podcast: PM lifts tech focus in new ministry

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
In this episode of Commercial Disco, host James Riley and InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry discuss the Cabinet reshuffle following the Albanese government’s landslide victory in the May federal election....

Tim Ayres named Industry minister in new-look Cabinet

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Manufacturing advocate and former Future Made in Australia assistant minister Tim Ayres has been named Australia’s new Industry minister, replacing Ed Husic after he was spectacularly dumped from the...