Esafety, What Is It? Julie Inman Grant Huge Powers

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00:00 Introduction - Who Is Julie Inman Grant
00:55 What Was Esafety's Original Intentions?
01:59 Expansions of Powers
03:20 Positives of Esafety
05:00 Sydney Church Sharp Poking
07:28 American Government - Foreign Censorship
11:55 Billboard Chris
13:30 End Monologue - Free Speech

In this video, I explore Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant—an American-born whos worked for Microsoft, Adobe, and Twitter—who has led the agency since 2017 under the Online Safety Act 2021. She promotes a "digital duty of care" to combat cyberbullying, child exploitation, and violent content.

The good: eSafety has removed millions of illegal items, issued transparency reports on child abuse material, and educated over a million Australians via campaigns like "See Something, Say Something." These efforts protect vulnerable users and set global standards.twobirds.com
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The bad: Critics slam its overreach, takedowns and how shes got things wrong

Key stories: The 2024 Wakeley church stabbing, where eSafety ordered global video removals from X, sparking Elon Musk's "censorship" backlash; the case was dropped in June 2024. The June 2025 Republican "Exporting Censorship" report accuses Inman Grant of colluding via GARM to defund conservative X voices, even plotting against Trump. And Billboard Chris's 2024 post critiquing a trans activist led to a removal order; he and X won in July 2025, ruling no harm intended.