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Australian court upholds $465,000 fine against Elon Musk's XAn Australian federal court upheld on Thursday a fine against Elon Musk's X for failing to comply with child internet safety regulations, c...- No 'meaningful' shift from social media sites after Australia teen banDespite Australia’s recent legislation prohibiting social media access for those under 16, user habits remain largely unchanged, as indicat...
- Amid wave of kids' online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of ageA recent outcry over the spread of AI-generated child sexual images, as well as increased confidence in the capabilities of "age assurance"...
- Australia demands social media giants report progress on account bans for children under 16Australia has ordered major social platforms to report how many under-16 accounts they have removed under its new child-access ban. Compani...
- WhatsApp, Twitch among sites that could face Australia under-16s social media banTech companies including WhatsApp and Reddit as well as streaming giant Twitch and gaming firm Roblox could be among more than a dozen site...
- Australia says social media ban will not age test all usersAustralia has been a leader in global efforts to prevent internet harm, but current legislation offers almost no details on how the ban wil...
- Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questionsThe e-Safety Commission in March 2024 sought responses from social media platforms YouTube, X and Facebook to Telegram and Reddit, and blam...
- Do big tech companies have a 'duty of care' for users? A new report says they do - but leaves out key detailsAustralia's federal government has released the final report of a review led by experienced public servant Delia Rickard, more than three m...
- Australian social media ban started with call to act by politican's wifeEven a 2023 recommendation by the U.S. surgeon general to put health warnings on social media, blaming it for what he called a teenage ment...
- Australia has barred everyone under 16 from social media. Will it work?Australia has enacted a comprehensive ban on social media access for children under 16, aiming to protect their mental health and well-bein...
- Australian watchdog drops court fight with X over violent postsAustralia's online watchdog on Wednesday dropped a legal effort to force Elon Musk's X to remove posts depicting the violent stabbing of a ...
- Australian police execute search warrants as part of a 'major operation' over church stabbingsThe Joint Counter-Terrorism Team, which includes federal and state police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the...
- 'What is to stop any country from controlling the entire Internet': Musk on Australia injunction on church stabbing videosElon Musk said Tuesday his social media platform X will appeal against an Australian injunction forcing it to take down videos of a church ...
- What's the deal with social media and youth mental health?Social media's impact on youth mental health is a concern worldwide. Studies show mental health crisis among young people. The rise in psyc...
- Google, Meta and others face tough questions in Australia over cyber extremism threatsThe country's eSafety regulator announced Tuesday that it had issued legal notices to Google, Meta, X, WhatsApp, Telegram and Reddit requir...
- X Corp. has slashed 30% of trust and safety staff, Australian online safety watchdog saysX Corp., the owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has slashed its global trust and safety staff by 30% including a...
- Elon Musk's X launches court fight with Australian watchdogAustralia's online safety watchdog said it is being taken to court by Elon Musk's X in a fight over the platform's failure to outline how i...
- Why was X, Elon Musk's social media platform, fined $386,000 by the Australian e-Safety Commission?An Australian regulatory authority has levied a penalty of A$610,500 (roughly $386,000) against X, the social media platform owned by Elon ...
- Australia fines Elon Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gapsThe e-Safety Commission fined X, the platform Musk rebranded from Twitter, saying it failed to respond to questions including how long it t...
- What different countries are doing to regulate content on OTT PlatformsIn most countries the regulatory paradigm has come from the print and other forms of traditional media, and has been driven by demands for ...
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