Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: online safety

Australian prime minister confirms that social media ban is about “compliance”, but if companies comply yet teens circumvent, what’s next?

2025/12/03
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet

2025/12/02
Australian Communications Minister: Australian children will not be free to escape censorship, even if they start using LinkedIn as an alternative platform

2025/12/02
Australia Government: “OVER THERE, LOOK, LOOK, CAPITALISTS, IT IS NOT US OPPRESSING OUR CHILDREN! PLEASE LOOK AT THE CAPITALISTS!”

2025/12/02
Prediction: within 2 years there will be a backlash against the social media ban in Australia, but not the one you expect

2025/12/01
The first #AgeWall ? Substack is introducing Age Verification to cut UK people off from seeing “Potentially Harmful” Substack content

2025/11/26
If Ofcom want to stop UK people visiting a non-UK website, they need to stop the UK people, not tell the non-UK website to work to prevent the UK hordes

2025/11/26
X/Twitter exposing user location in such a safety-positive way makes a modest dent in the EU’s approach to protecting personally-identifiable information

2025/11/26
I know it’s hard for folk to detach themselves from emotion regarding child protection, hate speech or trolling, but it’s important to understand that Ofcom’s duty to deliver online safety is incipient censorship

2025/11/21
In Case You Missed It This Week: Ofcom, pursuing its lawful duties, is about to drive the UK over a cliff and into online censorship; here’s how…

2025/11/21
“‘We’re Going to DESTROY the Online Safety Act’: Meet the Top Lawyer Waging War on Ofcom” | OrderOrder | …it’s an interesting thesis that…

2025/11/20
Australia: eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant called to testify before US Congress by Donald Trump ally over ‘threat’ to Americans’ free speech | Sky News

2025/11/19