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Government boosts funding to protect First Nations women from tech-based abuse
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media receives $200,000 in funding to build awareness around technology-enabled abuse.
eSafety Commissioner slams tech giants for not dealing with child sexual abuse material
The Australian eSafety Commissioner has called out a number of technology and social media giants for their lack of ...
Chalmers Productivity Commission bullish on AI, but others not so sure
Australia’s Productivity Commission has warned against the over-regulation of AI, but opponents are wary of going easy ...
US Department of Homeland Security announces US$100m in community cyber grants
The new grants will be available to state and local governments, as well as tribal entities.
US SEC to bolster innovation with AI taskforce
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled plans to create an AI taskforce, which it hopes will ...
Labor adds YouTube to social media ban
Once exempted from the Australian government’s legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from social media, the ...
International Justice Mission Australia CEO responds to MP’s bill to ban AI child abuse apps
Independent MP Kate Chaney plans to introduce the bill, saying: “This is a clear gap in our criminal code.”
Trump posts AI video of Obama being arrested
US President Donald Trump has posted an AI-generated video of former president Barack Obama being arrested by FBI agents
Trump administration announces $1bn offensive hacking operation spend
The Trump administration plans to spend US$1 billion (roughly AU$1.53 billion) on offensive cyber operations.
Australian Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority discloses accidental data breach
The Home Affairs agency, OMARA, reveals that its website search function incorrectly revealed a small amount of data in ...
eSafety registers 3 new online safety codes
New codes aim to protect children from inappropriate content such as pornography and violent content.
eSafety Commissioner warns schools and carers of rising impact of deepfakes among students
Reports of image-based abuse of school-aged children doubled in the last 18 months, as eSafety launches a new toolkit ...
Australian government lists Terrorgram white nationalist group as a terrorist organisation
“Online radicalisation is a growing threat,” the Home Affairs Minister has said of the Telegram-based extremist network