Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is set to receive sweeping new powers in early 2022 as part of the Online Safety Act that passed Parliament last month. Among other things, the new ...

Australia’s online watchdog has remained tight-lipped on a key success of the social media ban, citing possible immunity.

It could face fines of up to AU$49.5 million.

The Australian eSafety Commissioner was handed AU$21 million in the 2021-22 Budget earlier this month, with the funding to be spread across software, more staff, and continuing its work on ...

Elon Musk's social media platform X won a reprieve Monday after an Australian court refused to extend a temporary order to block videos of a Sydney church stabbing. A federal court judge has denied a ...

ESafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has urged schools to report deepfake incidents to authorities to stem the proliferation of ‘nudify’ apps online. Her advice follows Meta’s commitment to tackle ...

The eSafety Commissioner has refused to reveal details of the government’s claim that 4.7 million social media accounts had ...

Julie Inman Grant has had a somewhat hostile relationship with the tech baron since getting into a legal row with his social media platform X. She tried forcing X to take down graphic videos of ...

In the 2024–25 financial year alone, the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received nearly 83,000 reports of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian children will be banned from YouTube if the Albanese government accepts the advice of its online safety chief, whose research ...

A Stanford University disinformation expert appointed to a key role by the eSafety Commissioner branded Donald Trump a “bullsh..ter” and mocked the idea of his administration constructing a wall on ...