Tag: Online Safety Code

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...

Apple warns against mass file scanning proposal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Online safety standards designed to force tech giants to scan cloud storage for illegal and harmful content in Australia set a “dangerous global precedent” that could undermine security protections...

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...

Tech giants could face new file scanning rules by year-end

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety regulator is working to have online safety standards that will force tech giants to scan cloud storage services for illegal and harmful internet content in place before...

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...

Online safety codes hang on ‘red line’ issues

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant will take delivery on Friday of the final drafts of the online safety codes that have been under development by local tech industry...

Push to force social media giants to maintain local teams

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Twitter’s decision to axe all its Australian staff is “frustrating” the efforts of the online safety regulator to prevent child exploitation material, leading to calls for tech giants to...