Aussies take out up to $1m in cyberbully insurance for kids More Australian parents are taking up cyber-bullying insurance to protect their children against attacks. See how it works.
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Subscriber only Australian parents are being offered cyber-bullying insurance for the first time as a new way to deal with relentless and traumatic online attacks against their children. The unusual insurance, first offered in the United States, promises to cover the costs of burying harmful posts on search engines and social media, counselling and coaching for families, and unpaid leave to negotiate solutions with school authorities and police.
2021-01-28 09:06:33 GMT2021-01-28 17:06:33(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) Australia s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has called for social media giants to take responsibility for the content on their platforms.
Under changes to the Online Safety Act proposed by the Australian government, Inman Grant would have the power to prevent cyber abuse, identify anonymous account owners and enforce online safety expectations.
The changes, announced in December, would give Inman Grant the power to force companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove harmful content within 24 hours. There s more that they (social media companies) can do in terms of their intellectual capability, their access to advanced technology, their vast financial resources, to come up with better systems to identify who s on their platforms and violating their terms of service, Inman Grant told Nine Entertainment newspapers on Wednesday.
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has urged social media companies to take more responsibility for the content on their platforms as the government moves to bolster her powers
Cyber-safety experts have sounded the alarm over vulnerabilities in popular gaming platform Roblox that could leave children exposed to sexually suggestive content.
Trolls risk six-figure fines for posting revenge porn, bullying children or abusing adults online, under world-first cyber safety laws for Australia. The world s toughest take-down laws for online abuse - including new powers to unmask anonymous trolls - will be introduced to federal parliament in the new year. The new laws will include fines of up to $111,000 for adults who post seriously harmful content online - such as death threats, menacing messages or revenge porn. The Morrison government will grant eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant rapid website-blocking power to respond to crisis events , such as the Christchurch shooting, by requesting internet service providers to block access to terrorist and extreme violent content for a limited time period.