Australia’s eSafety commissioner rejects US Republican’s assertion she is a ‘zealot for global takedowns’

Julie Inman Grant says Australia’s Online Safety Act ‘does not impinge upon Americans’ freedom of speech’

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Australia’s online safety regulator has rejected assertions from a key US Republican congressman that she is a “zealot for global takedowns”, as the eSafety commissioner faced questions from the Australian parliament on a Guardian investigation into Roblox.

Julie Inman Grant was asked by US Republican chair of the House judiciary committee, Jim Jordan, to speak before the committee last month.