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Australia’s eSafety Expands Oversight With New Codes Covering Social Media, AI Chatbots
The eSafety commissioner is registering these codes under the Online Safety Act 2021, ‘complementary’ to the social media ban.
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Australia Launches Action Against AI ‘Nudify’ Sites as Child Sexual Exploitation Reports Jump 41 Percent
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched enforcement action against a UK-based technology company responsible for AI-generated ‘nudify’ services.
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Senate Passes Motion Requiring Labor to Produce Mis- and Disinformation Documents
The Coalition, Greens and Independents supported the legislation.
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Age Verification Trial for Online Users Sparks Privacy Concerns About Data Collection
The social media ban for under 16s is due to be in place by the end of the year in Australia.
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Federal Government to Start Charging for Freedom of Information Requests
Requests for personal information will remain free, but anyone else wanting insight on the workings of government will have to pay.
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Report Finds Age Verification of Internet Users ‘Can Be Done in Australia’
Concerns of ‘unnecessary data retention’ were also raised in the report considering how the under-16 social media ban will be implemented.
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Meta Bosses to Meet eSafety Commissioner as New Report Suggests Age Checks Work
Two senior executives of the social media company will have talks with eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant to discuss keeping young people safe online.
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Hobart Council Using AI to Catch Unregistered Short-Stay Accommodation Providers
An Airbnb spokesman told The Epoch Times the company supports governance measures around the program.
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Queensland Man Who Backed Islamic State Online Sentenced to 4 Years’ Prison
The Logan man was in prison when sentenced due to removing a GPS tracking bracelet.
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AI Investment by Aussie Firms Surges 142 Percent in 2 Years
Overall business R&D spending climbs 18 percent to $24.4 billion.
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A2 Milk Reports 21 Percent Profit Boost, Plans to Ramp up China Growth
A2 Milk plans to acquire a manufacturing facility in New Zealand with 2 China-Label Infant Milk Formula approvals already in place
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280,000 Australians at Risk After Cyber Hack Breaches iiNet
Around 10,000 usernames, street addresses and 1,700 modem passwords were also accessed, though no banking or ID documents were compromised.
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Google Faces $55 Million Fine for Locking out Rival Search Engines: ACCC
Regulator says agreements forced Android phones to use Google Search exclusively, limiting consumer choice.
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3 in 4 Aussies Aged 18–40 Struggling to Switch Off Their Phones
Students and those without children were found to be the most addicted.
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Australia’s Resource-Rich Edge Could Keep the ‘Lucky Country’ Safe From AI: Academics
Microsoft analysed 200,000 anonymous and privacy-scrubbed conversations between users and its AI program Copilot to find calculate which jobs were most at risk.
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Researchers Say ChatGPT-5 Can Detect When It’s Being Tested—and Change Its Behaviour
AI experts are concerned that some models may be able to act deceptively to pass evaluations, undermining risk assessments.
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‘Small Country, Small Regulator’: Australian Internet Watchdog Calls for ‘Global Regulatory Partnership’
Julie Inman Grant revealed she had a team of 250, far smaller than the UK.
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Sydney Trials Digital Passenger Card for Travellers From New Zealand
The government hopes it will make travel quicker and easier, and help businesses too.
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Social Media Exposing Australians to Wider Array of News Sources: Study
A new study reveals how Facebook reshaped Australia’s news diet, just as Meta threatens to pull the plug on it.
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Tribunal Rejects eSafety Commission’s 3rd Attempt to Avoid Review of Informal Takedowns
The Administrative Review Tribunal has again ruled that Julie Inman Grant ‘informal’ notices to tech companies are still subject to scrutiny.
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Australia’s eSafety Expands Oversight With New Codes Covering Social Media, AI Chatbots
The eSafety commissioner is registering these codes under the Online Safety Act 2021, ‘complementary’ to the social media ban.
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Australia Launches Action Against AI ‘Nudify’ Sites as Child Sexual Exploitation Reports Jump 41 Percent
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched enforcement action against a UK-based technology company responsible for AI-generated ‘nudify’ services.
|
Senate Passes Motion Requiring Labor to Produce Mis- and Disinformation Documents
The Coalition, Greens and Independents supported the legislation.
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Age Verification Trial for Online Users Sparks Privacy Concerns About Data Collection
The social media ban for under 16s is due to be in place by the end of the year in Australia.
|
Federal Government to Start Charging for Freedom of Information Requests
Requests for personal information will remain free, but anyone else wanting insight on the workings of government will have to pay.
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Report Finds Age Verification of Internet Users ‘Can Be Done in Australia’
Concerns of ‘unnecessary data retention’ were also raised in the report considering how the under-16 social media ban will be implemented.
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Meta Bosses to Meet eSafety Commissioner as New Report Suggests Age Checks Work
Two senior executives of the social media company will have talks with eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant to discuss keeping young people safe online.
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Hobart Council Using AI to Catch Unregistered Short-Stay Accommodation Providers
An Airbnb spokesman told The Epoch Times the company supports governance measures around the program.
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Queensland Man Who Backed Islamic State Online Sentenced to 4 Years’ Prison
The Logan man was in prison when sentenced due to removing a GPS tracking bracelet.
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AI Investment by Aussie Firms Surges 142 Percent in 2 Years
Overall business R&D spending climbs 18 percent to $24.4 billion.
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A2 Milk Reports 21 Percent Profit Boost, Plans to Ramp up China Growth
A2 Milk plans to acquire a manufacturing facility in New Zealand with 2 China-Label Infant Milk Formula approvals already in place
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280,000 Australians at Risk After Cyber Hack Breaches iiNet
Around 10,000 usernames, street addresses and 1,700 modem passwords were also accessed, though no banking or ID documents were compromised.
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Google Faces $55 Million Fine for Locking out Rival Search Engines: ACCC
Regulator says agreements forced Android phones to use Google Search exclusively, limiting consumer choice.
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3 in 4 Aussies Aged 18–40 Struggling to Switch Off Their Phones
Students and those without children were found to be the most addicted.
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Australia’s Resource-Rich Edge Could Keep the ‘Lucky Country’ Safe From AI: Academics
Microsoft analysed 200,000 anonymous and privacy-scrubbed conversations between users and its AI program Copilot to find calculate which jobs were most at risk.
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Researchers Say ChatGPT-5 Can Detect When It’s Being Tested—and Change Its Behaviour
AI experts are concerned that some models may be able to act deceptively to pass evaluations, undermining risk assessments.
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‘Small Country, Small Regulator’: Australian Internet Watchdog Calls for ‘Global Regulatory Partnership’
Julie Inman Grant revealed she had a team of 250, far smaller than the UK.
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Sydney Trials Digital Passenger Card for Travellers From New Zealand
The government hopes it will make travel quicker and easier, and help businesses too.
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Social Media Exposing Australians to Wider Array of News Sources: Study
A new study reveals how Facebook reshaped Australia’s news diet, just as Meta threatens to pull the plug on it.
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Tribunal Rejects eSafety Commission’s 3rd Attempt to Avoid Review of Informal Takedowns
The Administrative Review Tribunal has again ruled that Julie Inman Grant ‘informal’ notices to tech companies are still subject to scrutiny.
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