Search engines in Australia will soon have to blur pornographic and violent images in some cases to limit the chances children accidentally encounter this content. This is one of several rules ...

Australian online regulator eSafety has sent notices to the makers of some of the world’s most popular online games, over ...

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has faced a surge of online abuse and death threats after leading a landmark social media ban for under-16s. The threats escalated following public ...

In the 2024–25 financial year alone, the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received nearly 83,000 reports of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), primarily on mainstream platforms.

Australia's online safety and data protection regulators have agreed to work together on age assurance rules, while video ...

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has issued a ‘legally enforceable’ transparency notice to the owners of Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite and games platform Steam, asking them to report how they are ...

Safety has given legally enforceable transparency notices to Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite and Steam amid concerns online games ...