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 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 […]
The U.S. Reacts: Australia’s Attempt to Keep Kids off Social Media
We’ve made it onto the global stage—but not for reasons we’re proud of. When news broke of Australia’s social media ban, countries around the world picked up on a pattern. For one, as noted in Recorded Future News’ award-winning Click Here podcast, Australia has not only introduced one of the strictest digital laws—a social media […]
Data Privacy Webinars and Workshops 2025
Electronic Frontiers Australia makes it our year-long mission to raise awareness about the importance of data privacy for both businesses and individuals. We’re proud to see other like-minded organizations dedicating resources to educating the public and using Data Privacy Day—and even extending it into February—to do the same. We get it: every day, you’re bombarded […]
Minister Shorten: Why should Australians trust the Trusted Exchange System with our personal data?
This statement was written by EFA’s chair John Pane. Tuesday 13th August 2024, Minister for Government Services, Bill Shorten released details of the government’s new Trust Exchange system to extend the recently passed – and still flawed – Digital ID legislation. Little information outside the Minister’s speech is available. It remains unclear if this is […]