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X Corp. has slashed 30% of trust and safety staff, an Australian online safety watchdog says

Australia’s online safety watchdog says the owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has slashed its global trust and safety staff by 30% including an 80% reduction in the number of safety engineers since billionaire Elon Musk took over in 2022

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Australia’s eSafety commissioner sues X over lack of transparency

Australia’s eSafety commissioner sues X over lack of transparency

Commission accuses social media platform of failing to provide information about how it is tackling online child sexual exploitation material

The Guardian - AU

Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users

Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users

Andy Yen says draft safety standards ‘would force online services … to access, collect and read users’ private conversations’

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Australia releases new online safety standards to tackle terror and child sexual abuse content

The e-safety regulator says standards will not compromise end-to-end encryption in move that could prevent fight with Apple over iMessage

The Guardian - AU

New standards to tackle online child abuse content

Draft standards for the tech industry will force companies to crack down on child abuse material being shared on sites and be more proactive in prevention.

Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content

Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — 610,500 Australian dollars ($385,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child sexual exploitation content

The Independent UK

X fined $610,500 in Australia first for failing to crack down on child sexual abuse material

Company formerly known as Twitter becomes the first online platform to be issued a fine under Australia’s Online Safety Act

The Guardian - AU

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Australia to force search engines to crack down on AI-created images of child sexual abuse

Australia to force search engines to crack down on AI-created images of child sexual abuse

‘The use of generative AI has grown so quickly that I think it’s caught the whole world off guard to a certain degree’

The Independent UK

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

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."

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

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

The Independent UK

Australia gives Twitter 28 days to sort out ‘toxicity and hate’

Australia gives Twitter 28 days to sort out ‘toxicity and hate’

One in three complaints about online hate in Australia are about the platform.

Twitter has ‘dropped the ball’ on tackling online hate

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.

Twitter accused of responding ‘to tyrants quickly’ but ignoring Australian government

Twitter accused of responding ‘to tyrants quickly’ but ignoring Australian government

Julie Inman Grant tells Senate estimates Twitter’s slowness to tackle online child abuse material is in contrast to its blocking of anti-Erdoğan tweets in the lead-up to the Turkish election

The Guardian - AU

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

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.

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The Guardian - AU

Age verification for adult websites may involve Australian government digital ID

‘We do not want young people having unfettered access to pornography,’ communications minister Michelle Rowland says

The Guardian - AU

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

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.

Online dating platforms warned they will be hit with mandatory codes if they don't clean up their apps

A national roundtable on online dating has secured commitments to improve safety on dating apps, with a warning that platforms will be hit with mandatory codes if they fail to meet expectations.

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Dating apps being weaponised by criminals

Industry and government are coming together to crack down on serial offenders who harass and abuse women using dating apps.

Microsoft and Apple among the global companies accused of 'turning a blind eye' to child sexual exploitation

Some of the world's biggest technology companies, like Microsoft and Apple, aren't doing enough to prevent the spread of child sexual exploitation on their platforms, according Australia's e-Safety Commissioner.

Gifts of virtual reality headsets and other tech for children come with risks, parents warned

Virtual reality can be immersive and educational, but also harmful, so parents need to ask themselves a few questions before Christmas.

Fight to block pro-suicide website that discusses substance linked to spike in deaths

There's been a spike in deaths in Australia linked to a lethal substance frequently discussed on the offshore forum. Some of those who've died spent time on the site, which experts say has guided suicidal people toward death instead of away from it.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s eSafety commissioner cautions Elon Musk over Twitter legal concerns

Julie Inman Grant tells Senate estimates hearing she worries staff exodus and charging for blue tick could impact safety protections

Australia's eSafety commissioner writes to Elon Musk concerned about Twitter's direction

Australia's eSafety Commissioner writes to Elon Musk expressing concern with the direction he is taking Twitter in. She says "content moderation is not rocket science" but, in some ways, it is more complicated.

‘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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