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Australia’s Online Censorship Bill Moves To Senate With Age-Gating Fears Intact
The amendments were sold as polish, but the bill is starting to look more like infrastructure for universal age checks.
Australian Meta Lawsuit Puts Online Privacy at Risk
Meta’s design choices are on trial, along with the increasingly popular idea that identity checks are the cure.
Australia Wants the World to Follow Its Online Censorship Blueprint
The bill says it is not about speech, but its critics are already reading the subtext.
Australia’s Social Media Age Verification Law Demands Aren't Working, So It’s Going to Court
The teenagers have outlasted the ban, the fines, and the AI. Every adult in Australia may be the next to show ID if the government gets its way.
Albanese Blames Social Media After MP Attack
A familiar political reflex arrives before the investigation has found its footing.
Every Bad Idea Australia Ever Had About the Internet, Now in One Bill
A law sold as upstream prevention could send age checks, scanning, and speech controls downstream.
Australian Government Staffer Cites Execution Video To Defend Censorship Bill
Once the state can decide what adults may see, the definition of harmful material rarely stays put.
Government-Funded Group Helped Push Australia’s Digital Censorship Bill
The campaign’s grassroots story comes with a remarkably well-watered government garden.
NSW Turns the Driver License Photo Into a National Biometric Record
NSW driver license photos may be shared through Australia’s National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution.
Australia’s Age Verification Fail: Steam Users Locked Out, eSafety Wants More Invasive Checks
As if it wasn't bad enough, Valve faces pressure from Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.
World Leaders Are Rallying Behind ID Checks for the Internet
From Brussels to Canberra, “think of the children” is becoming an internet-wide identity system.
The US Has a Message for Australia’s Internet Regulators: Back Off
The dispute is over who gets to decide what the public may see.
