Australia’s eSafety czar lashes out at tech giants in crackdown push

AI Briefing

• – Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant is cracking down on social media giants, singling out Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube for failing to prevent under-16s from accessing their platforms.
• – Inman-Grant warns of tougher action over breaches, but notes the legal threshold for action remains high and the platforms must take 'reasonable steps' to prevent underage access.
• – The eSafety Commissioner is transitioning from 'compliance monitoring' to 'enforcement stance' amid increasing scrutiny of social media's handling of minors' online safety.