Australia's eSafety regulator, Julie Inman Grant, told a royal commission on antisemitism that social media platforms, particularly X, are monetizing 'gore and fringe content'.

Comments from a Canadian official suggest that Ottawa might be disregarding Australia's problematic eSafety experience and moving to reintroduce online speech regulations similar to those from the Trudeau era.

Parents have been told to report accounts missed in Australia’s under-16 social media ban – but eSafety is ‘concerned’ some platforms aren’t complying Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An Australian mother who reported her 14-year-old’s Snapchat account has been rebuffed by the social media company, because his self-declared age was 25. Parents of teens who have eluded the social media ban have been told to report their children’s accounts to the platforms to get t...

Australia is advocating for its social media ban for teenagers to be adopted globally, despite questions about its effectiveness domestically. Reports from the eSafety commissioner indicate that two-thirds of teenagers are still accessing platforms included in the ban.

“A child today can’t walk into a bar and order ​a drink, they can’t stroll into ‌a strip club or browse an adult shop or sit down at a blackjack table in a casino,” eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said