Tag: eSafety Commissioner

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...

Online safety review lands on Rowland’s desk

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
An independent review of Australia’s online safety laws containing more than 60 recommendations for change has been handed to Communications minister Michelle Rowland. Former competition watchdog deputy chair Delia...

Adult content codes zero-in on search and social media

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Search engines and social media giants would be expected to filter, blur and block online pornography and other age-inappropriate content by default for children under the latest set of...

Labor-led committee calls for single Digital Affairs minister

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A Labor-led parliamentary committee has urged the federal government to appoint a Digital Affairs minister to coordinate the regulation of social media and other digital platforms, including across privacy,...

Nina Jankowicz: AI’s new target is women in power

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
Misogynistic tactics, including deepfake pornography, are being weaponised in elections to discredit women in power and create discord, according to global disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz. “Over 10 per cent...