The Albanese Government is following through on its commitment to work with industry to develop and deliver reforms to restrict access to technologies which facilitate online abuse.
Travelling alongside the Prime Minister for United Nations High Level Week, Minister for Communications Anika Wells, met with industry representatives to discuss how to work together to keep people safer online.
The Minister met with executives from Microsoft and Meta to discuss digital safety, including the social media minimum age, digital duty of care and the Government's action to tackle "nudify" tools.
The Government announced earlier this month it was taking a strong stand against predatory technologies and would engage closely with industry on how best to achieve this.
It's a key part of the Government's ambitious reform agenda to keep Australians, particularly young people, safer online.
That agenda has received significant global attention this UN High Level Week, with the Minister hosting an event on Protecting Children in the Digital Age.
Led by Prime Minister Albanese alongside world leaders including President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Mitsotakis of Greece, the Protecting Children in the Digital Age event was an important opportunity to showcase Australia's leadership on online safety.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Communications, Anika Wells:
"The Albanese Government has been clear in its commitment to improving online safety for all Australians, including by combatting abusive and predatory technologies.
"We welcome industry engagement on these important issues that are in all of our interests to help resolve, and it's been fantastic to be able to meet with key stakeholders this week.
"Australia is proud to be a world leader in online safety, but we know there's still so much work to do.
"We'll continue to work closely with industry as we progress our significant online safety reforms, including implementing the social media minimum age and tackling abusive technologies."
