eSafety Commissioner Demands Stronger Platform Safeguards

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant published a report today showing the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received nearly 83,000 online CSAM reports in 2024–25, a 41% increase from the prior year. The report notes some improvements — for example Snap cut moderation response from 90 to 11 minutes and Microsoft expanded detection — but highlights major gaps in live video, encrypted services and proactive detection, prompting calls for a legislated Digital Duty of Care.