eSafety Commissioner

New figures reveal the vast majority of Australian children are using social media in some form, which may complicate the government's ability to impose a ban on it.

Beefed up legal teams for X Corp and the eSafety regulator appeared in court today for a first hint at the showdown to come in the online safety lawsuit, testing the extent of the eSafety Commissioner's enforcement powers.

In the eight years since its inception, Australia's online safety regulator has never pursued a legal battle quite like the one now playing out against Elon Musk’s X. What follows will be an examination of the commissioner's authority, with ramifications for online publishers.

The ACCC may have led Australia's charge to regulate Big Tech, but Julie Inman Grant is not far behind.