ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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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…
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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…
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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…
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#roboNDIS, Data Privacy and Security Failures: Statement of Concern
EFA is concerned about NDIS data privacy and security failures, and calls for action to fix critical NDIS systems in Australia.
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2025 Federal Election Scorecard: Where Parties Stand on Digital Rights
We’ve made a tech policy and digital rights scorecard to give you all the info you need before voting. Want to know how Australia’s three major parties stack up on privacy, digital rights, social media, and surveillance this election?
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Hands Off Protests 2025: Stories From Across the Divide
On April 5, 2025, Theodora Skeadas attended one of many Hands Off demonstrations taking place across the United States, in protest against the Trump Administration’s attack on social welfare, critical healthcare programs, diversity and trans rights, worker’s rights, and data privacy. Theodora shared her story with Electronic Frontiers Australia for Stories…
