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Australia Calls Out Steam, Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft Over Child Safety Failures
A new government report finds the four biggest gaming platforms leave children exposed to predators and harmful content, with Steam singled out for the weakest protections of all.
Crime Gangs Are Running Bot-Powered Sextortion Factories. Young Men Are the Target.
Organised criminal networks are using AI-generated fake personas, automated accounts, and psychological pressure to extort young men out of thousands of dollars. South Australia alone lost $217,000 in a single year.
Australia's Online Safety Regulator Tells Smart Glasses Makers to Blur Strangers' Faces by Default
eSafety has called on companies like Meta to build automatic face-blurring into camera-equipped smart glasses, warning that privacy can't be traded away for accessibility.
Matched, Manipulated, Blackmailed: How Sextortion Scams Target Young Men
Organised criminal networks are using dating apps and social media to trap young men into sharing intimate images, then demanding money. Two Australian survivors explain what happened and what they wish they had known.
Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.
Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep appearing across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.
Tech Giants Failing to Stop Online Sexual Extortion of Young Men, Australian Regulator Warns
Australia's online safety watchdog reviewed Apple, Meta, Google and others and found serious gaps in how they handle child exploitation and sextortion complaints, even as reports keep climbing.