Tag: Julie Inman Grant

Global take-down orders can harm the internet if widely adopted

Posted on   |  by Dan Jerker B Svantesson
Do Australian courts have the right to decide what foreign citizens, located overseas, view online on a foreign-owned platform? Anyone inclined to answer ‘yes’ to this question should perhaps...

Online regulator pushes for proactive cloud, message scanning

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has unveiled plans to enforce proactive scanning of online messaging, cloud storage, and other internet-based services for child sexual abuse material and pro-terror...

Twitter fined, Google warned over eSafety reporting

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has fined X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, more than $600,000 for failing to answer questions on the steps it is taking to...

Search engines face new rules on AI-generated content

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Google and other search engines will face new obligations in Australia to prevent AI functionality on their platforms from being used to generate “synthetic” child abuse material under a...

Online safety tsar rejects two industry codes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has rejected two of the eight online safety codes developed by local tech industry associations for failing to provide “appropriate community safeguards” and...