Tag: Julie Inman Grant

eSafety and OAIC team up for online safety crackdown

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Two of the federal government’s digital regulators will team up to enforce the social media age ban and new online age verification standards, as Australia pursues tougher online safety...

eSafety probes social media giants over cracks in teen ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched investigations into five social media platforms for suspected breaches of landmark laws designed to keep teens off their sites as it prepares to step...

VPN downloads spike as porn sites blocked in Australia

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
Australians were downloading virtual private networks (VPNs) in droves, while one of the world’s largest pornography distributors said it was blocking users as the country rolled out sweeping online...

Two-year study into social media age ban gets underway

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A two-year study into Australia’s world-first social media age ban is underway, with the findings set to inform a future legislative review and potentially shape how other countries move...

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...