The global spotlight on the first such ban on people under 16 using popular apps appears to have encouraged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...

While 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create ...

Under the Australian law, platforms face a fine of up to A$49.5 million ($34 million) ⁠for noncompliance, and the regulator added on Tuesda...

Tech giants have blocked 4.7 million accounts under Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the country's online safety wat...

Australia's new law banning under-16s from social media has seen platforms deactivate almost five million accounts. This world-first measur...

Australia's internet watchdog criticises social media giants. These firms allegedly ignore online child sex abuse. YouTube and Apple are un...

The Alphabet-owned tech giant also said it had received dozens of user reports warning that its AI program, Gemini, was being used to creat...

The e-Safety Commission in March 2024 sought responses from social media platforms YouTube, X and Facebook to Telegram and Reddit, and blam...

Elon Musk's X was fined by an Australian court for failing to cooperate with a regulator's request for information about its anti-child-abu...

The eSafety Commissioner requested online industry members to submit a plan by October 3 outlining measures to shield minors from encounter...

Australia's online watchdog on Wednesday dropped a legal effort to force Elon Musk's X to remove posts depicting the violent stabbing of a ...

Elon Musk's platform X resists ban on bishop stabbing video, sparking debate. Musk criticizes officials over alleged eSafety rule plot. Tee...

X challenges Australian regulator's order on posts about Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel's stabbing. Boy charged with terrorism at church. eSafety...

Australia'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...

An Australian regulatory authority has levied a penalty of A$610,500 (roughly $386,000) against X, the social media platform owned by Elon ...

The threat underscores Australia's hardline approach to regulating Big Tech firms like Meta, Apple and Microsoft since 2021.

The Online Safety Bill will also require internet-service companies to provide identity and contract information about abusers on their pla...