Tag: eSafety Commissioner

eSafety Commissioner sees common cause with US as age ban begins

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
The regulator overseeing Australia’s world-first teen social media ban rejected the “technological exceptionalism” championed by mostly US-based platforms and said a groundswell of American parents wanted similar measures. eSafety...

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...

Amazon’s Twitch added to Aussie social media ban

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Twitch, the live-streaming platform owned by Amazon, has been added to Australia’s world-first social media age ban, the eSafety Commission has announced, leaving the tech company just 19 days...

eSafety Commissioner called to testify before US Congress

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
A US congressional committee called on Australia’s internet regulator to testify about the country’s laws governing the internet, calling her a “noted zealot for global takedowns” who “threatens speech...