Digital Privacy

Anyone who has studied a skerrick of history knows that protecting free speech is about giving voice to the powerless against the more powerful.

The Labor government has opened a public consultation on the Online Safety Act to ‘keep Australians safe.’

‘For us to say that free speech is dangerous, that free speech cannot be possible in a democratic country—I’m yet to fathom this.’

Australia’s eSafety Commission is locked in a legal tussle with X owner Elon Musk, we explore just how much power this online content regulator has.

Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, is enmeshed in a court battle with Elon Musk over an order to remove content from the platform globally.

The federal opposition in Australia has expressed differing views on whether it supports a global takedown order against X.

‘Nothing can justify the Australian government censoring the entire global Internet of content it does not like.’

Australian law enforcement have stepped up moves to counteract online extremism after two stabbing incidents in Sydney.

Australian authorities have targeted Musk for not complying with an order to remove content across its platform globally related to a terror incident.

Australian authorities are pushing Musk to remove content from its platform from all global users.

Australian authorities have targeted Musk for not complying with an order to remove content across its platform globally.

The Australian online content regulator blocked the content to Australian audiences but wanted X to extend the move globally.

‘We are noticing a dramatic increase in global censorship,’ Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said.

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.

Supermarket chain Foodstuffs NZ said the trial came after 4,719 incidences of retail crime were recorded in its stores nationwide in the last quarter of 2023.

Following the Novak Djokovic vaccine saga, Australian authorities find themselves once again head-to-head with the global ‘freedom’ movement.

Is the path to purity paved with plastic cards?

Australian authorities have taken a hardline against content uploaded online in the wake of 2 major stabbing incidents.

Opening a bank account without a digital ID may require visiting a physical branch, which is falling in numbers, the Senator pointed out.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has welcomed government action to censor visuals of two stabbing attacks in his state, but a watchdog group warns there must be limits.