Tag: Online Safety

Govt to ban nudify and stalking apps

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Communications minister Anika Wells on Tuesday signalled online safety laws will be changed to restrict access to apps that ‘nudify’ or enable undetectable stalking. Platforms will be forced to...

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...

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...

Trump threatens tariffs on nations targeting big tech

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
US President Donald Trump has given the clearest signal yet that his government will levy tariffs on nations that unfairly discriminate against US companies or inhibit their growth through...

Experts back licensing regime for platform giants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Social media platforms and service providers like Meta and Google would need a licence to operate in Australia and be forced to fund an independent regulator under a radical...

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...