Tougher Reporting, Penalties & Monitoring for Child Sex Offenders in SA
South Australia has strengthened its child sex offender laws in 2025 with expanded reporting duties, tougher penalties and stronger police powers.
Creating degrading deepfakes now a crime in SA
From 3 November 2025, South Australia has strengthened its criminal laws to tackle the misuse of artificial intelligence and digital technology to create offensive deepfake content. These reforms make it a criminal offence to generate or distribute humiliating, degrading, invasive or sexually explicit deepfake images or videos without consent — even when the content is created entirely using AI.
Federal Court issues fine for deepfake pornography
In a first-of-its-kind case, the Federal Court has ordered a man to pay AUD $343,500 for creating and publishing deepfake pornographic images of prominent Australian women without their consent.
Bullying and Online Safety: Your Legal Options in Australia
Bullying online or in person? Understand your legal options in Australia, from eSafety complaints to civil and criminal remedies.

