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Internet Governance

Our Statement of Solidarity With The People of Nepal

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) stands in solidarity with the people of Nepal following the government’s decision to block access to major social media platforms on 05 September 2025. This action, taken under the guise of maintaining public order, is in response to protests organised by local activists highlighting  government corruption and also its authoritarian approach to regulating social media platforms. To date, 19 protesters have been killed and over a hundred injured, including many school children

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Artificial Intelligence

EFA Questions Use of ChatGPT in Government Public Service Pilot

Electronic Frontiers Australia is disturbed to learn that the Australian Government is incorporating ChatGPT 4.o into a pilot program for AI use in the public service. The Department of Finance previously announced that it was exploring AI use cases across government; however, no specific mention was made as to whether this AI was to be “generative AI” or “agentic AI.”  In July, ITNews announced the use of Chat GPT 4.o within the Commonwealth Public Service

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Privacy

Age Assurance Technology Trial Final Report Released

Well, look at that. Electronic Frontiers Australia’s early call rings true. The Age Assurance Technology Trial (“AATT”) Final Report has been released. EFA Chair John Pane was a member of the AATT Stakeholder Advisory board in the capacity of a digital rights advocate and privacy subject matter expert. He resigned from the AATT Stakeholder Advisory Board in mid-August 2025 due to a range of concerns relating to the preliminary report and press release published in

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Infrastructure

EFA Challenges Claims of Age Assurance Technology Trial Success

On 20 June 2025 the preliminary findings of the Australian Government’s Age Assurance Technology Trial were presented.   The major talking point from the consultancy team managing the trial was this claim: “Age assurance can be done in Australia and can be private, robust and effective”. While this makes a great sound bite for our Prime Minister and Communications Minister, things could not really be further from the truth. John Pane, EFA Chair joined the Age Assurance

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Artificial Intelligence

EFA Slams Trump-Style AI Deregulation Agenda

Melbourne, Australia, 06/08/2025 – Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), a leading not-for-profit organisation advocating for digital rights, expresses deep concern over the interim report issued by the Productivity Commission into Harnessing Data Digital Technology. The Productivity Commission has taken a page out of the USA’s President Donald Trump’s authoritarian, techno-colonial AI playbook by warning the federal government against making new laws that would stifle the development of Artificial Intelligence.  John Pane, EFA Chair made the following

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What We Do

Policy

We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.

Copyright

Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.

Privacy & Security

Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.

Censorship

Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.

Encryption

Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.

Internet safety

Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.

Surveillance

EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.