Australia’s eSafety commissioner rejects US Republican’s assertion she is a ‘zealot for global takedowns’

Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant: ‘What I am zealous about is protecting children online.’ Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Australia’s online safety regulator has rejected assertions from a key US Republican congressman that she is a “zealot for global takedowns”, as the eSafety commissioner faced questions from the Australian parliament on a Guardian investigation into Roblox.

Julie Inman Grant was asked by US Republican chair of the House judiciary committee, Jim Jordan, to speak before the committee last month.