An independent review of Australia’s online safety laws containing more than 60 recommendations for change has been handed to Communications minister Michelle Rowland. Former competition watchdog deputy chair Delia...
Apple has deployed a new safety feature that enables Australian children to flag unwanted nude images directly with the tech giant for referral to the police, pre-empting requirements of...
Search engines and social media giants would be expected to filter, blur and block online pornography and other age-inappropriate content by default for children under the latest set of...
Digital platform giants claim they would become the “sole arbiters of truth online” if the Albanese government’s misinformation laws pass but are facing strong push back from lawmakers for...
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant wants steep fines and mandatory safety by design rules to come from the Albanese government’s review of online safety laws, but says “recalcitrant players”...
X has lost its case to invalidate a $610,500 penalty issued by the eSafety Commissioner for inadequately reporting on efforts to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse material last year....
A Bretton Woods-like system for overseeing the takedown of harmful digital online content could fill the gap if the United States fails to crack down on the social media...
Misogynistic tactics, including deepfake pornography, are being weaponised in elections to discredit women in power and create discord, according to global disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz. “Over 10 per cent...
Apple, Meta and other tech giants have been ordered to report the steps they are taking to address child sexual abuse material on their platforms twice a year, in...
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner is seeking expanded powers to stop the promotion of harmful apps online and ban users in what would be a significant step beyond its current content...