Julie Inman Grant Explained

Julie Inman Grant
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, United States
Citizenship:United States, Australia
eSafety Commissioner
Term:January 2017–present
Predecessor:Alastair MacGibbon[1]

Julie Inman Grant (born 1968 or 1969) is an American-born[2] [3] Australian public servant who is currently serving as the eSafety Commissioner, a role in which she leads Australia's regulator for online safety.

Career

After graduating from university in the early 1990s, Grant was offered a position as a "case agent with the CIA", but declined the offer as it meant "I wouldn't be able to tell my friends and family what I was doing". Grant subsequently started working in the public sector as a policy adviser for United States Congressman John Miller in 1991 and 1992.

From 1995 to 2000, Grant worked as a government affairs manager for Microsoft. In 2000, Grant moved to Australia, and became head of corporate affairs at Microsoft until 2004.[4]

In 2005, Grant became the Asia-Pacific director of internet safety, privacy and security at Microsoft,[5] serving in that capacity until 2009 when she became global director for safety and privacy policy and outreach.[6] [7]

In 2014, Grant became director of public policy in Australia and south-east Asia at Twitter. In 2016, Grant moved to the role of director of government relations in the Asia-Pacific region at Adobe.

Role as eSafety Commissioner (2017–present)

In January 2017, Grant was appointed by the Australian government as the national eSafety Commissioner,[8] a position established in July 2015 by the government of former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott, under the Enhancing Online Safety for Children Act 2015.[9] In January 2022, Grant was reappointed in her Commissioner role for a further 5 years.

On April 2024, Grant ordered X and Meta to remove footage of the stabbing of Mar Mari Emmanuel.[10] The order was met with resistance from Elon Musk and prompted a protracted debate about free speech, with Musk refusing to delete the videos although it had blocked the content in Australia.[11] [12] A two-day injunction to compel X to hide posts that include the footage of the attack was later extended to 10 May 2024.[13] She dropped the case on 6 June, but stated that she would continue to pursue legal action against X in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. She also stated that her role in the federal court case led to her and her family being doxed and harassed online.[14]

As a consequence of the standoff Grant became dubbed an "e-Safety Karen" or "e-Karen".[15]

Personal life

Grant has three children and is married to Nick Grant, who is Australian. She is an Australian citizen.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: 19 March 2015 . Social media sites face $17,000 fine for failing to remove offensive material . 21 April 2024 . .
  2. News: Scarr . Lanai . 28 April 2018 . Julie Inman Grant on how she'll battle cyberbullying and why she turned down a job with the CIA . live . https://archive.today/20220713203021/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/julie-inman-grant-on-how-shell-battle-cyberbullying-and-why-she-turned-down-a-job-with-the-cia/news-story/d04f4ca7729da35140ea91ecba4b6c7b?amp&nk=2a71e6e6605dbcbba9ec52d9580ec736-1657744232 . 13 July 2022 . 21 April 2024 . The Courier-Mail.
  3. News: Lunn . Stephen . 8 February 2022 . E-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant and the battle to civilise cyberspace . live . https://archive.today/20210701101904/https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-australian-magazine/esafety-commissioner-julie-inman-grant-and-the-battle-to-civilise-cyberspace/news-story/49ecb87c30ecdeaa87a6b12b5e157524 . 1 July 2021 . 21 April 2024 . . Seattle-born Inman Grant, 51, has worked at the intersection of cyber safety, public policy and technology since her early days in government relations for Microsoft..
  4. Web site: Julie Inman-Grant LinkedIn . 21 April 2024 . LinkedIn.
  5. News: 9 June 2010 . Old scam after personal data . . 5.
  6. Web site: 18 May 2022 . About the Commissioner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240419035107/https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/about-the-commissioner . 19 April 2024 . 21 April 2024 . eSafety Commissioner.
  7. Grant . Julie Inman . Nick Abrahams . Web 3 Podcast . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209001305/https://www.nickabrahams.com/keeping-the-metaverse-safe-for-kids-with-julie-inman-grant/ . 9 December 2022 . live . 24 November 2022 . I actually brought the concept of Safety by Design to Microsoft over 10 years ago when I was their head of global privacy and safety policy and outreach..
  8. Web site: Calixto . Julia . 23 November 2016 . Govt to crack down on revenge porn . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240421025201/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/govt-to-crack-down-on-revenge-porn/oywynqoxp . 21 April 2024 . 21 April 2024 . SBS News . en.
  9. News: Swan . David . 19 March 2015 . Australia gets its first Children's e-Safety Commissioner . 26 April 2024 . The Australian.
  10. News: Taylor. Josh. Rachwani. Mostafa. Beazley. Jordyn. 16 April 2024. eSafety commissioner orders X and Meta to remove violent videos following Sydney church stabbing . The Guardian. 28 April 2024.
  11. News: Convery. Stephanie. 26 April 2024. X pushes back at order to hide Sydney church stabbing footage as US user reposts video. The Guardian. 28 April 2024.
  12. News: Conger. Kate. 24 April 2024. Elon Musk Clashes With Australian Court Over Violent Videos on X. The New York Times. 28 April 2024.
  13. News: Taylor. Josh. Butler. Josh. 22 April 2024. Australian court orders Elon Musk's X to hide Sydney church stabbing posts from users globally . The Guardian. 28 April 2024.
  14. Web site: 2024-06-05 . Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video . 2024-06-07 . AP News . en.
  15. https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/04/australias-e-safety-karen/
  16. 1047573685840752640 . tweetinjules . I married Aussie, have 3 dinky die kids, am an citizen with high level security clearance. . Julie . Grant . 4 October 2018 . 26 April 2024.

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