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eSafety commissioner orders X and Meta to remove violent videos following Sydney church stabbing

Julie Inman Grant issues notices compelling companies to remove offending material within 24 hours

The Guardian - AU

Trans man bullied further after X shares takedown notice over alleged hate speech

Watchdog said post was found to mock his gender identity and equated transgender identity with a psychiatric condition

The Guardian - AU

Elon Musk replies to post by far-right Austrian linked to Christchurch terrorist after X account restored

Founder of Identitarian Movement, Martin Sellner, preaches superiority of European ethnic groups and was banned from Twitter in 2020

The Guardian - AU

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Social media companies on notice over extremist threats

Australia's eSafety Commissioner has put social media giants including YouTube, Meta, X and Telegram on notice over the online radicalisation threat.

AAP

Australian eSafety commissioner puts tech companies on notice over reports terror-related content still being shared

Julie Inman Grant has asked companies including Google, Meta and Telegram to explain how they are taking action against violent and extremist material

The Guardian - AU

Search engine rules to ban AI-generated abuse images

New rules for search engines will ban child abuse and terrorist content in Australia but will also seek to prevent abuse images being created by AI tools.

AAP

'Horrifying' explicit AI deepfakes targeting children

The rapid development of generative AI is making online abuse easier for predators targeting children to create explicit deepfake videos and images.

AAP

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Tech firms say new Australian standards will make it harder for AI to protect online safety

The standards target generative AI’s misuse potential but Microsoft says its ability to flag problematic material could be hurt too

The Guardian - AU

Apple warns Australian proposal to force tech companies to scan cloud services could lead to mass surveillance

Scanning for known child abuse material would compromise the privacy and safety of every user, tech giant says

The Guardian - AU

'Degrading AI content' changing face of cyberbullying

Nearly 50 cyberbullying incidents a week are being reported to the eSafety Commissioner amid the rise in generative AI.

AAP

X slammed for creating 'perfect storm' of online hate

Social media website X has been slammed by the eSafety Commissioner for breeding online hate since being acquired by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

AAP

More than 1,000 ‘distressing’ social media posts removed at Australian government’s request during Gaza war

Figures show rise in incidents of online extremism and violent content, partly fuelled by Israel-Gaza conflict

The Guardian - AU

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

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

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The Guardian - AU

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

AAP

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.

The Guardian - AU

Sextortion in spotlight as AFP and Meta urge young Australians to report scams

eSafety commissioner says there has been a 117% increase in cases of image-based abuse in a year

The Guardian - AU

Defamation in the internet age: could a $400,000 Australian court ruling silence the notorious online forum Kiwi Farms?

An Australian company that helped the website remain accessible has been ordered to pay damages – but the legal arguments remain unsettled

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Australia has fined X Australia over child sex abuse material concerns. How severe is the issue – and what happens now?

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Grant, has found X (formerly Twitter) guilty of serious non-compliance to a transparency notice on child sex abuse material. The commissioner has issued X with an infringement notice for A$610,500.

AAP

X, formerly Twitter, fined and may face slavery charges

Australia's eSafety Commissioner says some of the biggest tech companies are not living up to their responsibilities to tackle child sexual exploitation.

Al Jazeera

Australia to require Google, Bing to clamp down on AI-created child porn

Online safety code requires search engines to take ‘appropriate steps’ to prevent spread of child abuse material.

The Guardian - AU

eSafety commissioner flags policy on child abuse material after Apple backflip

Tech to scan cloud storage services is operated by Meta, Microsoft and Google, but Apple stopped development last year to focus on warnings for explicit images

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s e-safety regulator warned Twitter about rise in online hate speech during voice debate

FoI request reveals watchdog approached platform – now known as X – to discuss voice to parliament referendum but it did not substantially respond

The Guardian - AU

Australia will not force adult websites to bring in age verification due to privacy and security concerns

The eSafety commissioner is to work with industry on a new code to educate parents about how to access filtering software and limit children’s access

The Guardian - AU

Australia eyes UK online bill in fight with tech companies over encryption and child safety

The likes of Meta and Google are pushing back against moves in Australia and the UK to open up end-to-end messaging encryption

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