Tag: eSafety Commissioner

Albanese targets tech giants with online duty of care laws

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia has proposed giving social media users greater control over the content they see as part of sweeping new powers designed to purge harmful online content and manipulative platform...

Digital Duty of Care: What we know so far

Posted on   |  by Tama Leaver
Social media users could switch off recommender algorithms in their social media feeds, under new draft laws the Australian government plans to unveil this week. The proposed Digital Duty...

Senate committee green lights stronger eSafety powers

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A Senate committee has given the green light to social media ban reforms that would double fines for tech companies and introduce new information gathering powers for Australia’s digital...

Meta purges another 200k teen accounts as crackdown looms

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Meta has taken down a further 200,000 accounts suspected of belonging to Australians under 16 and promised more action, as it stares down regulatory action and higher fines for...