Tag: Julie Inman Grant

eSafety Commissioner to register three adult content codes

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says her office will register three industry-prepared online safety codes to protect children from exposure to pornography and age-inappropriate content. The codes, which cover...

eSafety, YouTube spar over under-16s social media ban

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
Australia’s internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its world-first teen...

Adult content codes redrafted after eSafety pushback

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Local tech industry groups have lodged a set of revised online safety codes designed to protect children from exposure to pornography and age-inappropriate content after earlier drafts were knocked...

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...

Apple launches eSafety feature ahead of regulation

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Apple has deployed a new safety feature that enables Australian children to flag unwanted nude images directly with the tech giant for referral to the police, pre-empting requirements of...

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...

‘Secretive and dishonest’ platforms cop a Senate spray

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Digital platform giants claim they would become the “sole arbiters of truth online” if the Albanese government’s misinformation laws pass but are facing strong push back from lawmakers for...