An appeals court has thrown out X Corp’s legal challenge to a compliance notice issued by the eSafety Commissioner to corporate predecessor Twitter over child exploitation material monitoring on its platform.
Not cowed by threats of a legal challenge, the Albanese government has announced that it will be including Google’s YouTube in its world-first social media ban for children under the age of 16.
The federal government is seeking feedback on its proposed ban on non-compete clauses for those earning salaries under the high-income threshold and restraints of trade in employment agreements.
Legal experts say climate-related litigation will continue — and even increase — despite a judge’s dismissal this week of a class action by Torres Strait Islanders alleging the government was negligent in failing to protect them from the harmful effects of climate change.
The Victorian Bar has hit back at media reporting around the management of commercial litigation by Australian courts which singled out judges of the Supreme Court, saying “statistics never tell the whole story”.
Under proposed reforms to NSW tenancy laws, businesses that publish misleading photographs of rental penalties will face penalties of up to $22,000 and face new requirements for securing renters’ personal data.
The ACCC has concluded its five year inquiry into digital platforms, identifying risks to competition posed by AI and cloud computing and again calling for significant regulation to counter “harmful” practices by the likes of Google and Facebook.
A new statutory tort targeting serious invasions of privacy came into effect on Tuesday, raising new risks for companies, including publishers.
The corporate regulator has announced a two-year trial for new rules that will streamline the public offering process “to deliver more IPOs” amid a dip in floats.
X Corp has brought proceedings against the eSafety commissioner arguing it is not covered under a new online safety standard, which allows the regulator to issue fines without a notice.