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 […]
EFA’s submission to rushed inquiry into the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024
With a complete disregard for democratic processes, the Government has pushed ahead with their Social Media age verification legislation giving the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications 5 working days to undertake inquiry and report back their findings. EFA received the email inviting submissions to the inquiry at 13:45 on Thursday 21st November […]
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024.
The EFA Annual General Meeting will be held online (Zoom) on Saturday, 16th November 2024. Time: We encourage members to participate in the AGM. It is anticipated to last no more than 1.5 hours. Meeting Agenda The meeting will consider the following matters. Board member elections and candidates There are five vacancies for the EFA […]
Call for Nominations to Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. Board
Date of Issue: 04 October 2024 EFA members are invited to nominate for election to the Board. As per Rule 10.4 of the EFA Rules of Incorporation , there will be five vacant Board seats at the AGM. Nominations from new members (that join before the close of nominations) are acceptable, and nominations from people […]
Electronic Frontiers Australia Demands Urgent Privacy Reform
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) acknowledges the initial privacy reforms tabled today by the Attorney General but strongly urges more immediate, decisive, and comprehensive action to bring Australia’s privacy laws into the 21st century and to shine a bright light on our surveillance-based data-extraction digital economy. While the long-awaited and passionately fought-for proposed statutory tort and […]