eSafety
eSafety makes pitch for more "technical regulation powers"
To target certain online apps, and account removal.
Jul 23 2024 9:48PM
Australia gives internet firms six months to draft online child-safety rules
Covers app stores, websites, search, game and social media platforms.
Jul 3 2024 6:48AM
eSafety drops Federal Court action against X
Argues it was still a useful test of "novel" powers.
Jun 5 2024 1:34PM
eSafety wants X to block VPN users from seeing stabbing video
Will argue for the restriction measure at an injunction hearing.
May 30 2024 6:56AM
eSafety and foreign regulators to sync content bans and oversight schemes
Australia, UK, France, Korea and others states release joint plans.
May 27 2024 6:52AM
Musk decries Australian court 'censorship' of X terror posts
Says ruling means any country could control "the entire internet".
Apr 24 2024 6:41AM
X calls takedown orders over Sydney stabbing video "unlawful"
Deterred by Turkey’s shutdown threat, less so by $785,000 fines.
Apr 22 2024 6:58AM
Meta and X cop takedown orders over Sydney stabbing videos
Watchdog gives them 24 hours.
Apr 16 2024 7:14PM
Insta's AI finds nudes in encrypted DMs
eSafety welcomes on-device solution to rising sextortion scams.
Apr 16 2024 6:11AM
eSafety's online storage and message scans "not technically good" solution says Fastmail
Siding with Signal, Proton, Mozilla and the Tor Project.
Feb 21 2024 7:03AM
X unbanned 6103 Aussie accounts after takeover
Report shines light on how X manages hateful content.
Jan 11 2024 4:02PM
eSafety lays out industry standards enforcing online message and file scans
Including for E2EE services if feasible.
Nov 21 2023 5:02PM
eSafety approves new AI protections on search engines
Registers revised industry code.
Sep 8 2023 11:57AM
Twitter defends its handling of disinformation in Australia
Hides stats on content removal and user-data disclosures.
Jun 7 2023 1:23PM
Queensland MP wants eSafety to enforce "criminal post" takedowns
eSafety could force the removal of teens’ carjackings and graffiti posts.
Mar 28 2023 7:00AM
eSafety grills Twitter, Google, TikTok, Discord and Twitch
About resourcing, algorithms and detection of abuse material.
Feb 24 2023 6:43AM
Meta says expanding E2EE won't stop child abuse material detection
After eSafety criticised platforms and rejected industry draft codes.
Feb 22 2023 6:55AM
Meta supports publishing industry draft codes
As eSafety Commissioner considers request.
Feb 21 2023 12:52PM
Platforms “doing shockingly little” to detect abuse material says eSafety Commissioner
Days after rejecting online industry associations’ proposed codes.
Feb 17 2023 7:04AM
eSafety rejects industry codes
Protection inadequate.
Feb 13 2023 1:03PM
