Australia’s eSafety commissioner rejects US Republican’s assertion she is a ‘zealot for global takedowns’

<p>Julie Inman Grant says Australia’s Online Safety Act ‘does not impinge upon Americans’ freedom of speech’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/03/australia-news-live-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-appeal-brittany-higgins-lisa-wilkinson-network-ten-senate-estimates-social-media-ban-esafety-commissioner-albanese-sussan-ley-labor-coalition-nsw-vic-qld-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Australia’s online safety regulator has rejected assertions from a key US Republican congressman that she is a “zealot for global takedowns”, as the eSafety commissioner faced questions from the Australian parliament on a Guardian investigation into Roblox.</p><p>Julie Inman Grant was asked by US Republican chair of the House judiciary committee, Jim Jordan, to speak before the committee last month.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/03/australia-esafety-commissioner-julie-inman-grant-online-safey-act-jim-jordan">Continue reading...</a>

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