On 1 May 2024, the Australian Government announced that it would include in the Federal Budget Bill provisions to enable the funding for a pilot on age assurance technology to protect children from accessing harmful online content, including pornogr…
On 1 May 2024, the Australian Government announced its intention to submit a Bill banning the creation and non-consensual distribution of deepfake pornography to the Parliament. In particular, the Government stated that the Bill would include measur…
On 1 May 2024, the Australian Government announced its intention to submit a Bill amending the Privacy Act to criminalise the act of doxxing, defined as releasing private information online with malicious intent. The Bill will be submitted in August…
On 29 April 2024, the Australian Government opened a public consultation as part of a statutory review of the Online Safety Act 2021, open until 21 June 2024. The review aims to evaluate the Online Safety Act's effectiveness and considers whether it…
On 24 April 2024, the Federal Court of Australia granted a further interim injunction against X Corp, compelling the platform to hide Class 1 material, specifically extreme violent video content related to an alleged terrorist act in Sydney on 15 Ap…
On 18 April 2024, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) concluded its investigation into illegal online gambling services that were operational around the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup period. The investigation reviewed 200 offshore…