Tag: Anika Wells

eSafety probes social media giants over cracks in teen ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched investigations into five social media platforms for suspected breaches of landmark laws designed to keep teens off their sites as it prepares to step...

ACMA’s mobile coverage map inquiry fiasco

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is currently developing a new standard for mobile coverage maps in response to a direction issued by the Minister for Communications Anika...

‘Not up to the job’: ACMA hammered over 000 investigation

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A Senate committee has put Australia’s telco regulator to the torch for the way it investigated reports of fatalities during last year’s triple zero outages, accusing them of “disturbing”...

Govt moves to review triple zero laws after deadly outages

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will review the laws underpinning Australia’s triple zero net, more than two years after a catastrophic Optus outage first exposed gaps in the emergency call system....

AI agenda should not clash with online safety laws: Anika Wells

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Communications minister Anika Wells has defended the federal government’s competing artificial intelligence and online safety agendas, saying it will be possible to pursue AI sector growth alongside tighter regulatory...

Teens ask High Court to block social media ban

Posted on   |  by Christine Chen
A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court, two weeks before the world-first law is set to...