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Social media ban takes effect as High Court challenge looms

Australia’s world-first social media ban has begun as planned, but expectations remain low. Young people plan to evade it, tech companies oppose it and at least one High Court...

The teen fighting social media ban says internet will be less safe

2 December 2025 | by Stefica Bikesh

A teenager suing the Australian government to overturn a ban on social media for under-16s says the measure would make the internet more dangerous for young people and be...

Smart cars face ‘second safety belt moment’ to stop domestic violence

1 December 2025 | by David Allen

Government regulation looms for manufacturers and service providers of smart devices like cars, sharebikes and air tags unless they strengthen safety features and consumer education to prevent technology-facilitated violence....

eSafety Commissioner called to testify before US Congress

20 November 2025 | 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...

OpenAI in eSafety’s crosshairs for teen social media ban

5 November 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

US tech giant OpenAI has been asked to self-assess for Australia’s social media ban, as Reddit and streaming site Kick were formally targeted and told to head off a...

Wiggle room: Platforms get light touch rules for social media ban

16 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

The “reasonable steps” social media companies must take to keep children off their platforms do not include verifying the age of each user or minimum levels of accuracy, regulatory...

Online regulator goes after AI ‘nudify’ services

8 September 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s online safety regulator has issued a formal warning to a UK-based company it says is responsible for AI-enabled services being used to create deepfake pornography of Australian school...

eSafety says YouTube, others ‘turning blind eye’ to child abuse

6 August 2025 | by Christine Chen

Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube...

Opposition demands release of eSafety research on YouTube ban

8 July 2025 | by Trish Everingham

The federal Opposition has demanded that government release the research underpinning the eSafety Commissioner’s decision to include YouTube in its social media ban, saying the uncertainty of incomplete information...

News Wrap: AI sure makes this a funny old world

26 June 2025 | by James Riley

The world is a funny old place. A judge in San Francisco has ruled that Anthropic’s use of a bunch of books without permission to train its AI system...

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eSafety Commissioner called to testify before US Congress

Online regulator goes after AI ‘nudify’ services

eSafety says YouTube, others ‘turning blind eye’ to child abuse

Opposition demands release of eSafety research on YouTube ban

News Wrap: AI sure makes this a funny old world

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