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Advisory
Domestic violence

From smart cars to tracking devices: Technology's increasing role in coercive control and family and domestic violence

How smart devices, including cars, are being turned into tools of abuse. Recognise the signs, learn some quick safety steps, and see what companies must fix.
blog
Industry

How virtual 3D spaces can intensify harm – and what must change

This ‘Converge’ blog builds on eSafety’s position statement on immersive technologies and looks at how extended reality (XR) can amplify existing gender-based harms online.
Reporting
Industry

Senate Estimates opening address

Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on a very busy period since the last hearing in February, including the recent proliferation of extreme violent material we’ve seen online.
Advisory
Parents

Gore online: How violent content is reaching children and what you can do

Videos showing extreme violence are no longer rare – they are often viral. This guide explains how gore spreads, the risks for children and young people, and practical steps parents, carers and schools can take to reduce harm.
Advisory
Parents

Too much too soon: The reality of children's access to porn online

Why Australian kids are seeing sexual content younger than ever – and what families and schools can do about it
Advisory
Parents

Stranger danger 2.0: How anonymous random chat app platforms are putting children at risk

From hidden dangers to practical solutions – your guide to the threats of unmoderated online spaces and how to respond.
Deepfakes and Image Based Abuse
Advisory
Parents

Deepfake damage in schools: How AI-generated abuse is disrupting students, families and school communities

Understanding the emerging risks of deepfake technology - and how schools, parents, and young people should respond.
Industry
Parents

Swimming between the digital flags: helping young Australians navigate social media’s dangerous currents

National Press Club speech delivered by eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant
Industry
Image-based abuse

Generative AI and child safety: A convergence of innovation and exploitation

This Converge blog explores how generative AI is being weaponised to create child sexual exploitation material, highlighting urgent risks, regulatory responses, and the shared responsibility to embed safety into innovation.
Advisory
Young people

When ‘love’ becomes control

Coercive control that uses digital technology is on the rise - and younger Australians may not even recognise it.
Boy on Phone
Advisory
Parents

An unfair fight – how algorithms are shaping our adolescents

The gripping Netflix drama Adolescence has sparked conversations and concerns about how social media may be influencing young people.
Adolescence image provided by Netflix
Industry
Parents

Shining a light on the dark forces manipulating our teenagers

The much-watched Netflix drama Adolescence – which tells the disturbing story of a 13-year-old boy who is accused of murdering a female classmate – has ignited a worthy global conversation.
Children looking at devices in playground.
Kids
Industry

A fairer fight: protecting childhood and adolescence in a digital world

Age assurance technologies form an important part of our holistic approach to protecting children online.
Parents
Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying and the back-to-school surge: How we can protect our kids

As Australian students return to school, many are not just navigating new classrooms and teachers — but also a digital world with increasingly complex challenges.
Online safety advisory
Advisory
Parents

AI chatbots and companions – risks to children and young people

AI chatbots and companions designed to simulate personal relationships are growing in popularity, but they pose some very serious risks – especially to children and young people.
Research
Young people

A way forward: Disrupting the darker forces impacting young men online

If we want to disrupt the swirling tide of harmful narratives online being forced on young people, we need to do something different.
Industry

Australia leads the world in setting new standards for online child safety

The commencement of Australia’s world-leading industry standards marks a significant stride forward in the online protection of children
Parents
Kids

Early and often still the best advice when it comes to online safety

It’s never too early to encourage good online habits, including by modelling consent when taking and sharing photos.
Reporting

Senate Estimates opening address

Thank you Chair for the opportunity to update the Committee on some important recent developments involving the eSafety Commissioner.
Industry

Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Inquiry - Opening statement

Given the powerful role algorithms play in further amplifying content, we would see volumes of mis and disinformation, alongside other forms of online harm, as important indicators of a platform’s overall health.
Children standing on play equipment under a shade cloth
Kids

Learning from the past to safeguard children’s online future

We can no longer accept “risky by design” as the operating principles of our children’s online worlds.
Kids

Coordinated approach critical to protecting kids online

The risks to our children from unsafe online spaces can no longer be ignored.
Industry
Domestic violence

Big tech, address violence against women and girls

We urgently need Big Tech to come to grips with how tech-facilitated gender-based violence is playing out across devices, platforms and services.
Parents

We need to talk

This National Child Protection Week, I have one message to the parents and carers worried about how to keep their kids safe online: I hear you loud and clear.
Image-based abuse
Reporting

Lifting the veil on sextortion

The growing prevalence of this insidious practice – known as sextortion – together with its potentially devastating impact on those affected has prompted some renewed thinking at eSafety about ways we can better respond.
Industry
Research

Eight to two: The abysmal ratio we must factor into gendered violence

This is a sector built by and dominated by men, and that blinds companies to the ways to ways their products can be weaponised against women and girls.
Image-based abuse

Addressing deepfake image-based abuse

There is compelling and concerning data that explicit deepfakes have increased on the internet as much as 550% year on year since 2019.
Kids
Parents

Helping Aussie kids swim between the flags online

Today, I had the opportunity to address the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society, as part of its inquiry into the influence and impacts of social media
Industry

The Global Online Safety Regulators Network: An inaugural year of growth, building trust, and collaboration

In the transformative digital landscape of 2023, we sought to achieve unity and leadership across the domain of online safety regulation
Education

The future of health and wellbeing: AI, the metaverse, and beyond

Welcome to a world where the lines between science fiction and reality blur. A world where AI integrates with the metaverse.
Industry

Tech companies must do more and do better if we are to stem the tide of online child sexual exploitation and abuse

It might be difficult for most of us to confront, but the world is facing an unprecedented explosion in online child sexual exploitation and abuse
Cyberbullying
Parents

Protecting our (increasingly younger) children from cyberbullying

eSafety is urging parents and caregivers to learn about cyberbullying and take on advice as kids head back to school in Term 3.
Education

Better online experiences for First Nations people

The internet brings both benefits and risks, and Australia’s First Nations people know its paradoxical nature better than most.
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Reporting

Strong new powers and secure funding allow us to tackle online harms

The May Budget marks the start of a new era for eSafety, by providing baseline funding certainty to take us into the future.
Women
Industry

Building a better online world for women and girls

On International Women’s Day, I call on industry, governments and communities everywhere to join us in working towards a safer online space.
web 3.0
Industry

Having lived Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, what should we expect from Web 3.0?

As we mark the 20th Safer Internet Day, we reflect and learn from lessons of the past to stop future dangers becoming real-world harms.

eSafety acknowledges all First Nations people for their continuing care of everything Country encompasses — land, waters and community. We pay our respects to First Nations people, and to Elders past and present.

First Nations people should be aware that this website may contain images and voices of people who have died.

Find information and resources for First Nations people.

Read our Reconciliation Action Plan.

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