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Steep fines, mandatory safety rules needed to rein in tech giants

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant wants steep fines and mandatory safety by design rules to come from the Albanese government’s review of online safety laws, but says “recalcitrant players”...

A Bretton Woods for content takedowns? eSafety thinks so

22 August 2024 | by Brandon How

A Bretton Woods-like system for overseeing the takedown of harmful digital online content could fill the gap if the United States fails to crack down on the social media...

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

19 August 2024 | 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...

eSafety ups pressure on tech giants over child abuse content

24 July 2024 | by Justin Hendry

Apple, Meta and other tech giants have been ordered to report the steps they are taking to address child sexual abuse material on their platforms twice a year, in...

Online safety tsar wants ‘systemic power’ to tackle tech-enabled abuse

23 July 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner is seeking expanded powers to stop the promotion of harmful apps online and ban users in what would be a significant step beyond its current content...

Platform giants not compelled to trial age assurance

2 July 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

Platform companies like Meta and TikTok will not be required to participate in the government’s trial of age assurance technologies, leaving the regulator reliant on the companies’ willingness to...

eSafety mandates file scanning technology, but offers flexibility

21 June 2024 | by Brandon How

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...

Age verification trial tests to be outsourced

30 May 2024 | by Brandon How

A trial of age verification technologies will be managed by the Department of Communications, but technical effectiveness tests will be done by a third-party expert selected through a competitive...

Tighter online safety ‘expectations’ to protect kids

30 May 2024 | by Brandon How

Digital platforms now face additional online safety standards when deploying generative AI and recommender algorithms through updates to the regulator’s Basic Online Safety Expectations. A key new requirement is...

US digital rights groups enter eSafety Commission’s X battle

30 May 2024 | by Denham Sadler

A pair of major US digital rights organisations have been approved to intervene in the eSafety Commissioner’s ongoing case against Elon Musk’s X in another blow to the Australian...

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Steep fines, mandatory safety rules needed to rein in tech giants

A Bretton Woods for content takedowns? eSafety thinks so

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

eSafety ups pressure on tech giants over child abuse content

Online safety tsar wants ‘systemic power’ to tackle tech-enabled abuse

Platform giants not compelled to trial age assurance

eSafety mandates file scanning technology, but offers flexibility

Age verification trial tests to be outsourced

Tighter online safety ‘expectations’ to protect kids

US digital rights groups enter eSafety Commission’s X battle

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