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Online age verification: Govt opts for codes over tech mandate

The Albanese government will not introduce a mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content, after existing technology options were found to be immature, and will...

eSafety issues Twitter with legal notice after surge in cyber abuse

22 June 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Twitter has been ordered to detail efforts to prevent online hate on its social media platform in Australia or face fines after a surge in cyber abuse complaints to...

eSafety chief leaves door open to binding online safety standards

25 May 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is “very close” to a decision on whether the online safety codes that have been developed by local tech industry associations will be...

Industry releases draft online safety codes, reveals eSafety concerns

23 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Draft online safety codes rejected by the eSafety Commissioner earlier this month have been publicly released by Australia’s tech sector after concerns over the lack of transparency in the...

Regulator urged to reject industry’s social media safety codes

18 January 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Child welfare groups are asking Australia’s online safety regulator to reject the industry codes Meta and TikTok say will keep their young users safe, warning the industry-written rules do...

Social media companies writing their own ‘weak’ safety codes

10 December 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s online safety codes should be abandoned at the eleventh hour in favour of stronger regulator led rules, digital rights advocates say, warning the self-regulation model will put young...

‘Deeply concerning’: Almost no-one knows where to report online harm

14 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Nearly half of all Australian adults and children experience online harm, but barely any are reporting it to the organisation set up by the government to deal with it,...

Online industry reveals plan to regulate internet safety

1 September 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Associations representing companies like Meta, Google and Telstra have revealed industry codes of conduct they say will make the internet safer, just days after being threatened with legal action...

eSafety Commissioner issues ‘please explain’ to tech giants

30 August 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has ordered the tech giants behind some of the biggest social media and messaging apps to detail what measures they are taking to...

Election footing as PM lashes Big Tech on regulation

12 November 2021 | by James Riley

The Prime Minister has applied a blow-torch to Big Tech at the G20 CEO Summit in Auckland, demanding the tech giants come up with industry codes of practice that...

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Online age verification: Govt opts for codes over tech mandate

eSafety issues Twitter with legal notice after surge in cyber abuse

eSafety chief leaves door open to binding online safety standards

Industry releases draft online safety codes, reveals eSafety concerns

Social media companies writing their own ‘weak’ safety codes

‘Deeply concerning’: Almost no-one knows where to report online harm

Online industry reveals plan to regulate internet safety

eSafety Commissioner issues ‘please explain’ to tech giants

Election footing as PM lashes Big Tech on regulation

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