Debate about the workability of age verification technologies is a âtrapâ helping social media giants slow meaningful regulatory efforts, advocates are warning, as the federal government pours millions of...
The eSafety Commissioner has not backed down from requiring platform tech and generative AI providers to scan and remove child sexual abuse and pro-terror material from their services with...
Tech giants and privacy groups have rallied against a proposal to force companies to scan cloud and messaging services for illegal and harmful content in Australia, arguing for changes...
Laws paving the way for the widespread use of digital identity must be amended to prohibit law enforcement agencies from accessing digital ID information, civil and digital rights groups...
Laws allowing the federal government to legally operate its document and face matching systems are facing an uphill battle in the Senate, with the Greens and the Coalition backing...
The Albanese government settled on an outdated privacy framework for long-overdue laws to govern its document and face matching systems, despite acknowledging the protections are inadequate. Thatâs according to...
Proposed laws that would allow authorities to use the federal government’s identity services to conduct one-to-many matches in very limited circumstances could be detrimental to the uptake of digital...
Child protection advocates and the federal Opposition have criticised the Albanese governmentâs decision not to introduce a mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content. But...
A coalition of privacy organisations, think tanks and industry groups are calling for the creation of a dedicated parliamentary committee to give âpolitical focusâ to digital rights issues in...
Digital rights groups have broadly embraced reforms to Commonwealth privacy laws put forward after a two-year review but say the proposals could still be âwatered downâ by lobbyists in...