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Australia will not force adult websites to bring in age verification due to privacy and security concerns

The eSafety commissioner is to work with industry on a new code to educate parents about how to access filtering software and limit children’s access

The Guardian - AU

Australia eyes UK online bill in fight with tech companies over encryption and child safety

The likes of Meta and Google are pushing back against moves in Australia and the UK to open up end-to-end messaging encryption

The Guardian - AU

Online Abuse Towards Indigenous Australians Is On The Rise Ahead Of The Voice Referendum

"Indigenous Australians have been carrying a heavy personal load as this campaign has progressed."

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TikTok received more requests to remove child bullying posts than any other social platform in Australia

eSafety commissioner received 795 requests to remove alleged bullying of children from various social media platforms in past 18 months, with 309 from TikTok

The Guardian - AU

Online roulette: the popular chat sites that are drawing in children and horrifying parents

As platforms such as Omegle and Roblox proliferate so do warnings about technology being ‘weaponised to abuse children’. What can families do?

The Guardian - AU

Australia cracks down on Elon Musk, demands Twitter explain surge in harmful posts—or face fines of nearly $500,000 per day

"Twitter appears to have dropped the ball on tackling hate,” said Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant

Fortune

Australian online safety watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate

Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge in online hate since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the platform

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Twitter has ‘dropped the ball’ on tackling online hate

Australia's eSafety Commissioner is demanding Twitter explain what it is doing to tackle online hate, amid a surge in complaints since Elon Musk's takeover.

The New Daily

Reports of 'sextortion' triple in first quarter of 2023, with young men most at risk

Reports of "sextortion" to the eSafety Commissioner triple in the first quarter of 2023, with victims most likely to be young men.

ABC News

Australian government threatens tougher regulation as eSafety commissioner decries Twitter’s ‘sewer rats’

Australian contacts for dealing with law enforcement issues, such as takedown notices for abuse or bullying have disappeared from the platform

The Guardian - AU

Twitter forced to remove harmful content aimed at Brittany Higgins and partner

eSafety commissioner uses tough new powers against social media giant after complaint from Higgins’s partner David Sharaz

The Guardian - AU

Labor to consider age-verification ‘roadmap’ for restricting online pornography access

Australia’s eSafety commissioner provides long-awaited guidelines aimed at protecting children but some warn of privacy cost

The Guardian - AU

Football Australia to accelerate trans-inclusive high performance policy following anti-trans harassment cases in NSW

Kirralie Smith, director of anti-trans lobby Binary Australia, is being investigated for allegedly organising the targeted harassment of women footballers in NSW.

ABC News

Don't feed the trolls: Social media self-defence tools

The eSafety Commission has launched a range of resources to help combat online hate directed at Indigenous people in the lead up to the voice referendum.

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UK Big Brother contestant sentenced to 21 months in jail for sharing 'revenge porn' on OnlyFans

The 33-year-old stopped outside Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex to take seflies with fans before his sentencing.

ABC News

Twitter, TikTok and Google ordered to explain efforts to crack down on child abuse trade

Five social media companies face daily fines of up to $700,000 if they do not reveal to Australia's eSafety commissioner what they are doing to combat the trade in child exploitation material on their platforms.

AAP

Biggest tech companies failing on safety

Bombshell revelations have shown how the world's biggest tech companies are failing to end the sexual exploitation of children on their platforms.

The New Daily

‘Malfeasance’: Digital watchdog fears Elon Musk’s Twitter puts Australians at risk

Australia's online safety regulator has written to Twitter boss Elon Musk seeking urgent clarification about how the platform's changes.

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Online victims still shoulder abuse burden

A disability activist and writer has called for the eSafety commissioner to do more to stop online abuse towards Australians with disabilities.

ABC News

Australia's changing how it regulates the internet — and no-one's paying attention

The technology industry has been told to develop codes that will regulate "harmful online content", but critics say the scheme is flawed.

ABC News

The public sharing of intimate images without consent is a growing problem in Australia. And teenagers are paying the price

Image-based abuse, the act of taking or sharing an intimate photo or video without a person's consent, is becoming increasingly common — especially among young people. And for the teenage victims, the impacts can be earth-shattering.

The Guardian - AU

Online abuse targeting footballers to be tackled by ‘world first’ AI software

The A-Leagues and players’ union will use new technology which acts as a filter to stop racist, homophobic, sexist and other harmful comments

ABC News

Government's eSafety Commissioner says anti-trolling laws could confuse people

A federal government push to unmask vicious online trolls is at risk of creating confusion that could counteract its effectiveness in tackling abuse, the nation's online safety commissioner has warned.

The Guardian - AU

Erin Molan and Nyadol Nyuon tell inquiry defamation bill not ‘useful’ for most online trolling victims

Problems of cost and ‘unmanageable’ volume of abuse cited as eSafety commissioner says proposed bill should be renamed

ABC News

Reports of online child abuse material have spiked. A few simple measures can help protect your children

The story of a Canadian man grooming a 14-year-old Australian girl online before flying to Perth to meet her is the stuff of nightmares for many parents. Here are some ways parents can have more oversight.

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