Australia news live: Julie Inman-Grant says ‘time for new leadership’ at eSafety; Ayres defends ‘cooperation’ with OpenAI after hack
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Some findings from the eSafety report on online game companies
The eSafety commission released a major new report into online game service providers today, examining how the companies keep kids safe on the internet, or fail to do so.
We’ve increased the office tenfold. We’ve done amazing things. I think with the new digital duty of care, I’m going to be actively shaping that to the extent that I can and getting all the right pieces in place.
But it’s probably time for new leadership. This is not an easy gig from a personal perspective, but also professionally, it’s been the role of a lifetime. And, you know, to be able to try and make some positive change has been an incredible opportunity. But yeah, I think it’s time to be thinking about what’s next.
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