We were pleased to contribute to the Statutory Review of the Online Safety Act 2021 in June 2024. It was one of 10 submissions we made in a record breaking year in which we also achieved 34 victories!

This is a Position Statement on behalf of Collective Shout, Children and Media Australia and 8 other individuals and organisations

Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee

The case for criminalising ‘creation’ alone, not just ‘distribution’

We are grateful for the opportunity to provide input into the Special Rapporteur’s report on violence against women and prostitution.

We welcome this opportunity to comment again on the BOSE Determination, made under section 45 of the Online Safety Act 2021. The proposed amendments are a significant improvement. We especially welcome stronger requirements relating to generative AI, transparency, terms of use, and accountability.

Porn + prostitution harms to women and children exacerbated by pandemic, war  

In our December 2022 submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade inquiry, we highlighted the issues of

• sexual violence against women and children
• the role of the sex industry in normalising and perpetuating this violence
• the particular impact on migrant women within the sex industry in Australia and on pornography as a driver of violence against women