Julie Inman Grant

Articles by: Julie Inman Grant

EU looks to Australia to hold big tech to account and protect children online

17th March 2022

Julie Inman Grant, Australian eSafety Commissioner

OPINION: As a global leader in online safety, Australia was the natural destination for European Commission delegates looking to learn more and share best practice around online regulation and child protection ahead of introducing new European legislation; Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, believes the visit marked a watershed moment of international collaboration in the fight against online child sexual exploitation.

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner targets abuse online as COVID-19 supercharges cyberbullying

Crime and the pandemic

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11th June 2021

Julie Inman Grant, Australian eSafety Commissioner

FEATURE: In 2014, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner became the world’s first online safety regulator; Julie Inman-Grant, who took up the Commissioner’s post in 2017, believes that the organisation’s model of protection, prevention, and proactive and systemic change – backed this year by new online safety legislation – has helped to create a successful blueprint that other countries are now looking to follow.

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Julie Inman Grant
eSafety Commissioner

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Julie Inman Grant is Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, and leads the world’s first government regulatory agency committed to keeping its citizens safer online. She has extensive experience in the non-profit and government sectors, and spent two decades working in senior public policy and safety roles in the tech industry at Microsoft, Twitter and Adobe. The Commissioner’s career began in Washington DC, working in the US Congress and the non-profit sector before taking on a role at Microsoft where, during a 17-year career, she serving as one of the company’s first and longest-standing government relations professionals. At Twitter, Julie set up and drove the company’s policy, safety and philanthropy programs across Australia, New Zealand & Southeast Asia. As Commissioner, Julie plays an important global role as Chair of the Child Dignity Alliance’s Technical Working Group and as a Board Member of the WePROTECT Global Alliance.