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Industry

The online world needs a 'vaccine' of its own

Platforms themselves must join the community developing online protections, the same way our scientific community developed vaccines.
Industry

Will the peril outweigh the promise of the Metaverse?

The metaverse offers the potential for enormous good alongside great harm. It all depends on the architecture we create to enable and govern it.
Parents

Dangerous or damaging online challenges are never funny

Parents and educators can help arm young people against online challenges that show participants being harmed or humiliated.
Industry
Reporting

Shadow pandemic of child sexual exploitation requires concerted global effort

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve experienced a veritable tsunami of child sexual exploitation material washing across the internet.
Women
Research

International Women’s Day: Break the bias on online abuse

eSafety's latest research shows 1 in 3 women were abuse online in a work context.
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Research
Education

Join us in celebrating Safer Internet Day

This year we mark 18 years of this global event that started as a European Union initiative in 2004 and is now celebrated on 8 February annually across the world.
Project Arachnid blog
Industry

Global project combating online child abuse marks five years

During the pandemic eSafety has reached new heights when it comes to the removal of online images and videos of child exploitation.  
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Women
Domestic violence

Women should be heard and safe both online and offline

eSafety is elevating women’s voices to encourage safer online interactions during 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
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Industry

Charting a new course for a safer online world

The Commissioner gave a speech to the Australian Cyber Conference on the agency's new regulatory priorities under the Online Safety Act.
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Industry

The tech industry’s 'seatbelt moment' is fast approaching

The Commissioner provided a keynote speech for the G7 Safety Tech Summit about how Safety by Design can intersect with safety technology.
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Parents
Education

Squid Game shows the need to check what your child is watching

For children and young people it is easy to accidentally - or deliberately - encounter age-inappropriate content.
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Reporting

eSafety’s annual report - a year in review

Read an abridged version of the foreword
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Reporting

What’s the difference between serious online abuse and defamation?

eSafety’s new legislation and defamation laws serve different purposes
Family on devices
Parents
Education

National Child Protection Week 2021

eSafety teaches children how to recognise online predators
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Diverse groups

Protecting voices at risk online – a year in review

We have taken solid steps to ensure that those individuals and communities most at risk of online hate are empowered and not silenced.
Industry

Online Safety Act reforms

For too long big tech companies have been given a free pass allowing them to benefit their bottom line rather than the safety of users. 
Industry

In conversation: Australia and Fiji work together to tackle online harms

Watch Australia and Fiji's Online Safety Commissioners share their experiences leading two of world’s first online safety commissions.
Reporting

Online extremist movements and radicalism in Australia

The eSafety Commissioner discusses how online hate can translate into real world harm during a Parliamentary Joint Committee hearing.
Domestic violence
Women

Calling out technological tethers in coercive control

The eSafety Commissioner calls for technology-facilitated abuse to be addressed by the NSW Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control.
Industry
Kids

UNCRC General Comment: Children’s rights in the digital world

Governments, regulators, digital companies and advocates need to ensure innovation and investment genuinely have the best interests of children at heart.
Parents
Cyberbullying

Want to confront your child's cyberbully? Think before you act!

If your child is being cyberbullied you may want to rush in to help them. But beware! Follow these tips so you don't make the situation worse.
Parents
Education

How to support your child to play confidently online

It's important to get your child into the habit of asking for help when they are using digital devices, so they come to you when they face safety risks.
Parents
Education

Back-to-school: top tips for parents

The back-to-school period is a great time to review your child’s online safety.
Image-based abuse
Reporting

The risky business of making money from nudes and other intimate content

We discuss what can go wrong when Australians attempt to make money from their intimate content and how eSafety may be able to help.
Industry
Parents

Protection of children should always trump protection of privacy

After decades working across online privacy, security and safety, the eSafety Commissioner has never been more fearful for children online.
Parents
Education

Online reasoning skills for kids are critical

Our kids need to use good judgement and critical thinking to keep them safe online, sort fact from fiction and combat misinformation.
Reporting
Industry

Another big year keeping Australians safer online 

The rise in Australians working, studying and socialising online due to COVID-19 has brought unanticipated challenges for eSafety in 2019-20.
Safety by Design
Industry
Research

Building a culture of online safety is much more than a tick box exercise

We are developing two dynamic and interactive Safety by Design self-assessment tools for early stage and more established tech companies.
Limiting your child’s exposure to social media
Parents

Limiting your child’s exposure to social media — sometimes the hardest, but the smartest move.

Limiting your child’s exposure to social media — sometimes the hardest, but the smartest move.
Women
Domestic violence

Combatting technology-facilitated abuse within gendered violence

Violence and abuse against women is a scourge on our society. Online, it's often a deliberate tactic to silence women’s voices.

Protecting voices at-risk online

The pandemic has revealed not only how fundamental technology has become to the way we work, learn, socialise and access key information and services, but also how online environments can be weaponised to perpetuate abuse.
Investing in a safer internet
Industry

Investing in a safer internet

This week, four tech titans – Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook – find themselves in the virtual hot-seat as they testify before the U.S.
Fight or flight?
Parents

Fight or flight? 4 tips to get involved with your child’s social media

Not sure where to start? 4 tips to help you get involved with your child’s social media safety.
5th Birthday
Industry

5 years of eSafety a reflection of the road ahead

To mark our 5th birthday, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant reflects on the road travelled, and the road ahead
Education

eSafety sets a framework for A+ online safety education

The importance of online safety education
Parents

5 things to look for in an app

If you’re a parent or carer with young kids who are just starting their own online journey, the idea of online safety can seem daunting at first.

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