Reponses to transparency notices: Terrorist and violent extremist material and activity
This page focuses on findings from transparency notices given to online service providers about terrorist and violent extremist material and activity.
By giving notices and information requests to online service providers, eSafety can obtain information about their compliance with the Basic Online Safety Expectations. Notices are enforceable, backed by civil penalties and other enforcement mechanisms, and can require non-periodic reporting (one-off reports) or periodic reporting (multiple reports).
eSafety can publish summaries of the information received under notices, improving industry's transparency and driving accountability.
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March 2025 report (non-periodic)
This transparency report and key findings report summarise the responses Google, Meta, WhatsApp and Reddit gave to the non-periodic reporting notices, and the information Telegram provided, regarding the steps being taken to detect and address TVE on their services.
Two providers, Reddit and Telegram, were also asked questions relating to child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). The reports also summarise information received from Reddit and Telegram regarding the steps being taken to detect and address CSEA on their services.
Following publication of this transparency report, Google LLC provided additional information relating to its capabilities to detect known TVE images and videos. It also requested that eSafety address an omission in the transparency report and key findings document related to Google LLC’s user reporting. The following addendum sets out the additions and clarifications, which are footnoted in the original report and key findings.
Download the key findings and the addendum
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Finding of non-compliance and action taken: Telegram
eSafety found that Telegram did not comply with the notice given to it on 18 March 2024. Telegram did not provide a report to the Commissioner in response to the notice by the deadline of 6 May 2024.
Telegram did not engage with eSafety during the notice period to seek any clarification that might have enabled compliance. eSafety advised Telegram that it had failed to provide a report in response to the notice.
eSafety subsequently received information from Telegram that was required by the notice, five months after the notice deadline.
In February 2025, Telegram was given an infringement notice for AUD957,780 for failing to respond to the notice by the deadline.
Matter before the Administrative Review Tribunal
Following receipt of the non-periodic reporting notice given to it in March 2024, X Corp. sought review in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (now the Administrative Review Tribunal) of eSafety’s decision to give X Corp. the Notice. This matter is ongoing.
About transparency notices
Under section 49(2) of the Act, eSafety can give periodic notices requiring service providers to report at regular intervals on their compliance with the Expectations.
Under section 56(2) of the Online Safety Act 2021 (the Act), eSafety can give non-periodic notices requiring service providers to report on their compliance with the Expectations.
Under section 20 of the Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination, eSafety can request certain information from a service provider by written notice and a provider is expected to comply with the request within 30 days after the notice of request is given.
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Last updated: 04/02/2026