Julie Inman Grant
- Analysis
- Social media
Australia banned under-16s from social media. The world is split on whether to follow
No platform has been fined and the rift between regulator and minister is in the open. How are our world-first social media laws faring?
- David Swan and Bronte Gossling
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Apple credits Australia’s teen social media ban for its new controls
Apple chief executive Tim Cook told Anthony Albanese the iPhone maker’s new child-safety tools were “in part inspired” by the world-first social media ban.
- David Swan
‘I was not really keen on it’: eSafety commissioner tells us what she really thinks of the social media ban
Julie Inman Grant talks about death threats, the dark corners of the internet and making an enemy of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.
- Jacqueline Maley
Musk’s X admits breaking Australian child safety law, fined $650,000
Elon Musk’s social media company, formerly known as Twitter, failed to comply with an order to detail its child exploitation safeguards.
- David Swan
- Magazine
- Good Weekend
The May 16 edition
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Elijah was 10 when his friend typed ‘porn’ into a search engine. He was afraid – but unable to look away
Australia now requires strict age verification for anyone wanting to access pornography websites. But will this really stop children from seeing online porn?
- Cassandra Morgan
The day porn turned off: Inside Australia’s high-stakes war with the adult industry
New laws have forced Pornhub off our screens. But the harder question – what it has already done to a generation of young men – is only just beginning to be asked.
- David Swan
Apple and Google could be forced to remove sexualised apps
The eSafety Commissioner won’t just chase offshore porn companies – she’ll go after the platforms that distribute apps that can expose children to sexually explicit content.
- David Swan
- Exclusive
- Social media
Adults required to prove age to watch porn, video games in major crackdown
Australians will be unable to access porn, R-rated video games and explicit AI chatbots unless they prove their age, under a landmark crackdown by the eSafety Commissioner.
- Emily Kowal
Ritalin use, sleep quality, NAPLAN: How Australia will know if the social media ban has worked
Medical and education records of thousands of children will be monitored for years in a study evaluating the success of the Albanese government’s signature policy.
- Bronte Gossling