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The government’s proposed teen social media ban has put eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant in an awkward spot.

A leading children’s online safety expert worries a teen social media ban may end up removing a lifeline for vulnerable young Australians.

X Corp should not be responsible for fines issued to Twitter by the Australian eSafety Commissioner, its lawyers argued, as they are different companies.

Julie Inman Grant didn’t reveal the tweets, but documents reveal one was by Ralph Babet, the lone politician from the conservative United Australia party

Australia's online safety regulator has launched a set of cyberbullying education resources aimed at slowing the rise of online abuse.

Parliamentary inquiry told police forced to ‘cobble together’ laws to prosecute man who allegedly spread deepfake images of women

Regulator gives industry groups six months to come up with draft code, expected to include rules about age verification

Debate continues to rage in Australia over whether children should (or can) be banned from social media. Following politicians’ recent promises to ban those under 16 from the platforms, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has raised concerns that imposing age restrictions could push children to use social media in secret…

Julie Inman Grant has not-so-subtly rebuked the idea of a social media ban for young people, comparing it to banning kids from the water rather than teaching them to swim