eSafety Commissioner: New Online Safety Codes to Protect Children from AI Chatbots
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 8 Sept 2025
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- 2
- Australian
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- 9 Sept 2025, 07:13 pm
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New industry-backed codes were registered on Tuesday to prevent under-18 access to harmful content on AI chatbots
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The Australian Financial Review article highlights the registration of new industry-backed online safety codes by the eSafety Commissioner, aiming to shield children under 18 from harmful AI chatbot content. These guidelines target unregulated chatbots that may present sexually explicit material or encourage harmful behaviors such as self-harm. The initiative underscores the Australian government's commitment to enhancing digital safety for minors through robust regulatory frameworks. While primarily focused on the safety of minors, this policy move also contributes to global conversations about the ethical deployment and regulation of AI technologies.
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PoliticsFederalAIPrint articleEmma McGrath-CohenReporterSep 9, 2025 – 5.50pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginThe same software needed toimplement the under-16 social media banwill be required to enforce the eSafety Commissioner’s new industry-backed online safety codes, which aim to protect all children under the age of 18 from pornography and other age-inappropriate content.eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant registered the new codes on Tuesday, which focus on harmful content primarily created byunregulated AI chatbots that can have sexually explicit conversations with minorsand encourage suicidal ideation, self-harm or disordered eating.Loading...Emma McGrath-Cohenis a journalist for The Australian Financial Review.EmailEmmaatemma.mcgrathcohen@afr.com.auSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreFetching latest articlesDion Lee lost his business. He’s backLauren SamsThe one dish worth $1.4m a year to this iconic Sydney restaurantThe CEO who found her mojo when she demoted herselfHow this top lawyer made partner at 29Rachael Bolton and Mandy CoolenWhy PwC’s CEO spends every Sunday on AI ‘homework’We’ve run a 4-day week for years. Here’s what nearly killed it‘Top tier of the gods’: 5 aged wines reaching Australian palatesMax AllenWhy this luxury watch brand has decided it’s time to go digitalWhy Chanel is sticking its oar into a university boat raceTony built a $2b company in 25 years. He’s never sold a shareJames ThomsonPratt settlement keeps Waislitz in control of Thorney empirePub king Arthur Laundy has a court double date