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Safeguards needed to police fake porn generation apps

Some phone apps and websites have little to no protections to stop people from using AI-image generation to create porn from photos without a person's consent.

AAP · May 30, 2024

Bishop will argue video of his Sydney church stabbing should not be removed from Elon Musk’s X, court hears

Australian federal police have told court there was ‘a real risk’ the video could be used to encourage people to commit terrorist attacks

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2024

Surge in young children being targeted by cyber bullies

The eSafety Commissioner's latest report shows a rapidly rising number of cyber bullying complaints from children aged under 14.

AAP · Jul 8, 2023

Parliamentary inquiry on exploitation of children looks at what more tech companies should be doing

A parliamentary inquiry is investigating the capability of law enforcement to deal with the exploitation of children and examining the role technology providers have in assisting authorities.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

100,000 happy pictures: a new tool in the cyber ‘arms race’ against child sexual abusers

The volume of child sexual assault material online is on the rise. An Australian project is crowdsourcing images of safe children so it can find those in danger

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2022

The public sharing of intimate images without consent is a growing problem in Australia. And teenagers are paying the price

Image-based abuse, the act of taking or sharing an intimate photo or video without a person's consent, is becoming increasingly common — especially among young people. And for the teenage victims, the impacts can be earth-shattering.

ABC News · Jul 4, 2022