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Explore the debates and reactions surrounding Australian social media regulation with a focus on X, Elon Musk, and eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant.

Explore the debates and reactions surrounding Australian social media regulation with a focus on X, Elon Musk, and eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant.

The Australian government’s battle with Elon Musk and X over violent content appears admirable, but will it change anything for those vulnerable to its harm?

Women’s health care providers have cut through in the fight against online misinformation—leaning on compassion, humour and digital savvy

In Australia, we see the tech-utopians being butchered, metaphorically speaking, on our doorstep. Of concern here is the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combating Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023.

“We want to make it as explicit as possible that nothing in this bill can inhibit religious expression."

Will these measures sufficiently regulate online content and curb potential harms or threaten freedom of expression? By Frank Brennan

Australia's Federal Government has bowed to pressure from faith groups and indicated that it will include protections for religious expression in a revamp of its proposed misinformation bill.

Will these measures sufficiently regulate online content and curb potential harms or threaten freedom of expression? By Frank Brennan

A bill on fighting “misinformation and disinformation” and “harm” aims to empower a government agency to police online expression