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Australian eSafety Commisioner
Australia Passes Laws to Criminalise the Creation, Spread of Explicit Deepfakes
Offenders making and sharing sexually explicit deepfake material could spend up to seven years behind bars as new legislation is passed in Parliament.
Opinion: Internet Bureaucrats Protect Us Against Everything Except Online Crime
Australians are particularly susceptible to online scams, despite having a full swathe of internet safety regulators.
Opinion: Who Needs Free Speech When You Can Have ‘Safe Speech?’
Eight reasons why the muzzle of moderation trumps the megaphone of freedom.
Australia’s ‘eSafety Czar’ Pursuing Global Internet Censorship: Shellenberger
‘Nothing can justify the Australian government censoring the entire global Internet of content it does not like.’
EXPLAINER: Why Elon Musk and Australia’s Internet Regulator Are on a Collision Course
With fines and take-down notices piling up, and the social media giant vowing to test their validity in court, X says free speech trumps all.
Opinion: Wave Goodbye to Another Set of Freedoms With the New Digital ID
In the 1980s, Australians fought hard against a similar national ID program, what has changed since then?
X to Take Legal Action Against eSafety Commission Over Post About Trans Activist at WHO
The eSafety commission has taken action against a post criticising the appointment of a trans activist to a WHO committee.
Search Engines Told to Ban Access to AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Providers must now review and improve their artificial intelligence functionality to ensure restricted material is not returned in search results.
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Calls Big Tech Senate Hearing ‘Disappointing’
The eSafety commissioner has accused Meta, X, and other social media platforms of ‘platitudes but no commitment.’
