Documents that Informed the Age Verification Roadmap

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Dear eSafety Commissioner,

Under the provisions outlined in the Freedom of Information Act of 1982, I would like to request information that informs the age verification roadmap which was provided to the Australian Government on 31/03/2023 [1].

This information could be; emails between the eSafety Commissioner and service providers, lobbyist and special interest groups groups, internal instant messaging services, SMS, memos, final documents, risk analysis, privacy impact assessments, meeting notes, technical assessments, research papers, news or online articles.

In terms of dates, the range will be: 01/06/2021, the month that the eSafety Commissioner noted in their blog post that work had commenced on the roadmap to 31/03/2023 the date in which the eSafety Commissioner indicated the roadmap had been submitted to the Australian Government.

I am requesting this information because the eSafety Commissioner has failed to be transparent with the Australian public about the contents of this roadmap, who was consulted about Age Verification and the outcomes of any technical assessment or research undertaken to reach their conclusions.

The information should be disclosed as a matter of public interest as it pertains to decisions that may impact what Australians are able to access and say online. By providing this information in a timely manner, it enables the Australian public to participate in a healthy democracy by having all the information to scrutinize and comment on the roadmap and its proposals.

Regards,

Rebecca Trapani

[1] eSafety provides age verification roadmap to Government for consideration https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/medi...

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Dear Ms Trapani,

 

Please see the attached correspondence regarding your FOI Request
(reference number 23117).

 

Kind Regards

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Dear FOI Coordinator,

Thank you for your response, I would like to re-scope my request to the following:

· The Commissioner's personal input in writing into the final form of the roadmap in the three months leading up to its release, including emails, correspondence, diary and calendar entries, and minutes of meetings;
· The roadmap itself and previous drafts of the roadmap, with comments on those drafts;
· A list of third-parties eSafety reached out to for consultation, including vendors;
· A list of research topics or papers that were commissioned by the office for use in development of the roadmap;
· A list of reports and research documents that support the conclusions, recommendations and policies of the age verification roadmap, and any the eSaftey Commissioner’s office are aware of, that contradict the recommendations; and
· Any other documents that support the conclusions in the roadmap including technical assessments.

I would like to exclude information that would require consultation with the third-party, for example personal information, but request that a summary is provided of their contribution to the process, and whether they were a private individual, company, advocacy group.

I would like to exclude information or documents that have already been made public.

If the scope of this request is still too significant, I would appreciate advice on what would be appropriate.

If the office still wishes to refuse this re-scoped request, I ask that the legal basis of this decision be provided, as I believe that this is one of the most historically significant proposed regulations that will impact the usage of the Internet in Australia; and believe there will be significant impact on the nation's public discourse.

Regards,

Rebecca Trapani

FOI, eSafety Commissioner

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Dear Ms Trapani

 

Thank you for your email below and your proposed revision of scope. I am
writing to advise you that we will not be able to process your revised
scope, principally because the last item (‘any other documents that
support the conclusions in the roadmap including technical assessments’)
still includes over a thousand documents.

 

I am not in a position to give to helpful advice about further narrowing
the scope of your request because the officer principally responsible for
progressing the work on the Roadmap is on leave this week, and the other
staff member with knowledge of the matter has recently left eSafety. I
expect to be able to come back to you by this time next week.

 

In view of that, would you agree to extending the period of this request
consultation process by two weeks to 15 May 2023? This will give us some
time for a further exchange by email after we make suggestions next week
without your request becoming deemed withdrawn under s24AB(7). If we are
able to settle on a processable scope, we will of course resume processing
your request straight after that.

 

I look forward to hearing from you. As things stand, the request
consultation period expires on 1 May 2023, so would you please respond
before then.

 

Kind Regards

 

FOI Coordinator

 

 

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Dear FOI Coordinator,

 

 

 

Thank you for your response, I would like to re-scope my request to the
following:

 

 

 

· The Commissioner's personal input in writing into the final form of the
roadmap in the three months leading up to its release, including emails,
correspondence, diary and calendar entries, and minutes of meetings;

 

· The roadmap itself and previous drafts of the roadmap, with comments on
those drafts;

 

· A list of third-parties eSafety reached out to for consultation,
including vendors;

 

· A list of research topics or papers that were commissioned by the office
for use in development of the roadmap;

 

· A list of reports and research documents that support the conclusions,
recommendations and policies of the age verification roadmap, and any the
eSaftey Commissioner’s office are aware of, that contradict the
recommendations; and

 

· Any other documents that support the conclusions in the roadmap
including technical assessments.

 

 

 

I would like to exclude information that would require consultation with
the third-party, for example personal information, but request that a
summary is provided of their contribution to the process, and whether they
were a private individual, company, advocacy group.

 

 

 

I would like to exclude information or documents that have already been
made public.

 

 

 

If the scope of this request is still too significant, I would appreciate
advice on what would be appropriate.

 

 

 

If the office still wishes to refuse this re-scoped request, I ask that
the legal basis of this decision be provided, as I believe that this is
one of the most historically significant proposed regulations that will
impact the usage of the Internet in Australia; and believe there will be
significant impact on the nation's public discourse.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Rebecca Trapani

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

 

 

 

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Dear Ms Trapani,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please see the attached correspondence regarding your FOI Request

 

(reference number 23117).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

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Dear FOI Coordinator,

Thank you for your response to my previous email. I would like to extend the consultation process by two weeks to 15 May 2023 to ensure we can settle on a processable scope.

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Trapani

FOI, eSafety Commissioner

OFFICIAL
Dear Ms Trapani

Thank you for agreeing to extend the time for the request consultation process to 15 May 2023. I have had the opportunity to consult with the officers with first hand knowledge of development of the Roadmap.

As foreshadowed in my email of 26 April, it is the last dot point of your revised scope that will still require a substantial diversion of resources, as processing it would require assessment of over 1000 documents. You will recall that one of our suggestions for narrowing the scope was to limit it to material referenced in the Roadmap itself. This would mean we would have to work through a much smaller set of documents to determine which of them can be released. We would have to consult with third parties in considering whether to release some of this material, including any technical assessment, so these documents would be excluded from your scope as revised.

Another possible way to deal with this part of the material you are interested in would be to request access to a list of the material referenced in the Roadmap. With these references, you would be able to access the publicly available material, and to decide whether you wish to purchase the material that is commercially available. Your current proposed scope excludes material on which we would have to consult, so we would exclude from scope the actual documents owned by third parties, but this would not be a concern in relation to the references to this material. While we have not reached a settled view on any of the material in scope of your request, we do not foresee a concern with releasing the references.

It is, of course, matter for you to determine what changes you wish to make to your request.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

FOI Coordinator

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eSafety acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past, present and emerging.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Trapani <[FOI #10142 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 29 April 2023 11:02 AM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Request to extend consultation period - FOI 23117 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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Dear FOI Coordinator,

Thank you for your response to my previous email. I would like to extend the consultation process by two weeks to 15 May 2023 to ensure we can settle on a processable scope.

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Trapani

-----Original Message-----

OFFICIAL

Dear Ms Trapani

Thank you for your email below and your proposed revision of scope. I am

writing to advise you that we will not be able to process your revised

scope, principally because the last item (‘any other documents that

support the conclusions in the roadmap including technical assessments’)

still includes over a thousand documents.

I am not in a position to give to helpful advice about further narrowing

the scope of your request because the officer principally responsible for

progressing the work on the Roadmap is on leave this week, and the other

staff member with knowledge of the matter has recently left eSafety. I

expect to be able to come back to you by this time next week.

In view of that, would you agree to extending the period of this request

consultation process by two weeks to 15 May 2023? This will give us some

time for a further exchange by email after we make suggestions next week

without your request becoming deemed withdrawn under s24AB(7). If we are

able to settle on a processable scope, we will of course resume processing

your request straight after that.

I look forward to hearing from you. As things stand, the request

consultation period expires on 1 May 2023, so would you please respond

before then.

Kind Regards

FOI Coordinator

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Rebecca Trapani

Dear FOI Coordinator,

Thank you for granting an extension to this request and taking time to consult with your college, given the feedback that the last dot point of my request "Any other documents that support the conclusions in the roadmap including technical assessments." is the one of concern, I would like to reword that one point as two more specific points, one being:
- A list of the material referenced in the roadmap;

As mentioned in your response this would exclude the actual documents owned by third parties and therefore would not require additional consultation. The second being:
- A list of the commercial name and vendor of technical solutions referenced in the roadmap;

My presumption is that any technical solutions referenced, even broadly, for example "image-identification and content filtering technology" which could refer to tools such as PhotoDNA, would have undergone at a minimum, a high-level technical assessment to ensure their were fit for purpose and therefore appropriate recommendations to include the roadmap.

Given this, and that ministers or a government committee reviewing the roadmap would want to know more about these types of tools, the commercial name and vendor of said technical solutions would presumably be readily available to the Office, and not take a substantial diversion of resources to list out.

Finally, given that my request is only for commercial name, and vendor, I make this change under the presumption that the actual documents owned by third parties are not included, therefore no additional consultation is required.

With these changes my full request is as follows:
- The Commissioner's personal input in writing into the final form of the roadmap in the three months leading up to its release, including emails, correspondence, diary and calendar entries, and minutes of meetings;
- The roadmap itself and previous drafts of the roadmap, with comments on those drafts;
- A list of third parties eSafety reached out to for consultation, including vendors;
- A list of research topics or papers that were commissioned by the office for use in development of the roadmap;
- A list of reports and research documents that support the conclusions, recommendations and policies of the age verification roadmap, and any the eSaftey Commissioner’s office are aware of, that contradict the recommendations;
- A list of the material referenced in the roadmap; and,
- A list of the commercial name and vendor of technical solutions referenced in the roadmap.

As per my last revision, I would like to exclude information that would require consultation with the third-party, for example personal information, but request that a summary is provided of their contribution to the process, and whether they were a private individual, company, advocacy group.

I would like to exclude information or documents that have already been made public.

I hope that given these changes we have reached a settled view on the material in scope of this request, and the references requested can be released. I believe my request at this time has been reduced and clarified to a point that that the office can service this request in line with the legal requirements regarding FOI obligations.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Rebecca Trapani

FOI, eSafety Commissioner

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Dear Ms Trapani

 

Please find attached the decision in your FOI request.

 

Kind Regards

 

FOI Coordinator

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Trapani <[FOI #10142 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 7 May 2023 6:21 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Request to extend consultation period - FOI 23117
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Dear FOI Coordinator,

 

 

 

Thank you for granting an extension to this request and taking time to
consult with your college, given the feedback that the last dot point of
my request "Any other documents that support the conclusions in the
roadmap including technical assessments." is the one of concern, I would
like to reword that one point as two more specific points, one being:

 

- A list of the material referenced in the roadmap;

 

 

 

As mentioned in your response this would exclude the actual documents
owned by third parties and therefore would not require additional
consultation. The second being:

 

- A list of the commercial name and vendor of technical solutions
referenced in the roadmap;

 

 

 

My presumption is that any technical solutions referenced, even broadly,
for example "image-identification and content filtering technology" which
could refer to tools such as PhotoDNA, would have undergone at a minimum,
a high-level technical assessment to ensure their were fit for purpose and
therefore appropriate recommendations to include the roadmap.

 

 

 

Given this, and that ministers or a government committee reviewing the
roadmap would want to know more about these types of tools, the commercial
name and vendor of said technical solutions would presumably be readily
available to the Office, and not take a substantial diversion of resources
to list out.

 

 

 

Finally, given that my request is only for commercial name, and vendor, I
make this change under the presumption that the actual documents owned by
third parties are not included, therefore no additional consultation is
required.

 

 

 

With these changes my full request is as follows:

 

-   The Commissioner's personal input in writing into the final form of
the roadmap in the three months leading up to its release, including
emails, correspondence, diary and calendar entries, and minutes of
meetings;

 

-   The roadmap itself and previous drafts of the roadmap, with comments
on those drafts;

 

-   A list of third parties eSafety reached out to for consultation,
including vendors;

 

-   A list of research topics or papers that were commissioned by the
office for use in development of the roadmap;

 

-   A list of reports and research documents that support the conclusions,
recommendations and policies of the age verification roadmap, and any the
eSaftey Commissioner’s office are aware of, that contradict the
recommendations;

 

- A list of the material referenced in the roadmap; and,

 

- A list of the commercial name and vendor of technical solutions
referenced in the roadmap.

 

 

 

As per my last revision, I would like to exclude information that would
require consultation with the third-party, for example personal
information, but request that a summary is provided of their contribution
to the process, and whether they were a private individual, company,
advocacy group.

 

 

 

I would like to exclude information or documents that have already been
made public.

 

 

 

I hope that given these changes we have reached a settled view on the
material in scope of this request, and the references requested can be
released. I believe my request at this time has been reduced and clarified
to a point that that the office can service this request in line with the
legal requirements regarding FOI obligations.

 

 

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Rebecca Trapani

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

 

 

 

OFFICIAL

 

Dear Ms Trapani

 

 

 

Thank you for agreeing to extend the time for the request consultation
process to 15 May 2023. I have had the opportunity to consult with the
officers with first hand knowledge of development of the Roadmap.

 

 

 

As foreshadowed in my email of 26 April, it is the last dot point of your
revised scope that will still require a substantial diversion of
resources, as processing it would require assessment of over 1000
documents. You will recall that one of our suggestions for narrowing the
scope was to limit it to material referenced in the Roadmap itself. This
would mean we would have to work through a much smaller set of documents
to determine which of them can be released. We would have to consult with
third parties in considering whether to release some of this material,
including any technical assessment, so these documents would be excluded
from your scope as revised.

 

 

 

Another possible way to deal with this part of the material you are
interested in would be to request access to a list of the material
referenced in the Roadmap. With these references, you would be able to
access the publicly available material, and to decide whether you wish to
purchase the material that is commercially available. Your current
proposed scope excludes material on which we would have to consult, so we
would exclude from scope the actual documents owned by third parties, but
this would not be a concern in relation to the references to this
material. While we have not reached a settled view on any of the material
in scope of your request, we do not foresee a concern with releasing the
references.

 

 

 

It is, of course, matter for you to determine what changes you wish to
make to your request.

 

 

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

FOI Coordinator

 

 

 

esafety.gov.au

 

 

 

eSafety acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout
Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters and community.
We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and
to Elders past, present and emerging.

 

 

 

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Dear Ms Trapani

 

We noticed this morning that we inadvertently left off the statement of
review rights from our email of 29 May 2023. I attach it now, with
apologies for the oversight.

 

Kind Regards

 

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Subject: Decision - FOI 23117 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

 

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Dear Ms Trapani

 

Please find attached the decision in your FOI request.

 

Kind Regards

 

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To: FOI <[14][email address]>
Subject: RE: Request to extend consultation period - FOI 23117
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Dear FOI Coordinator,

 

 

 

Thank you for granting an extension to this request and taking time to
consult with your college, given the feedback that the last dot point of
my request "Any other documents that support the conclusions in the
roadmap including technical assessments." is the one of concern, I would
like to reword that one point as two more specific points, one being:

 

- A list of the material referenced in the roadmap;

 

 

 

As mentioned in your response this would exclude the actual documents
owned by third parties and therefore would not require additional
consultation. The second being:

 

- A list of the commercial name and vendor of technical solutions
referenced in the roadmap;

 

 

 

My presumption is that any technical solutions referenced, even broadly,
for example "image-identification and content filtering technology" which
could refer to tools such as PhotoDNA, would have undergone at a minimum,
a high-level technical assessment to ensure their were fit for purpose and
therefore appropriate recommendations to include the roadmap.

 

 

 

Given this, and that ministers or a government committee reviewing the
roadmap would want to know more about these types of tools, the commercial
name and vendor of said technical solutions would presumably be readily
available to the Office, and not take a substantial diversion of resources
to list out.

 

 

 

Finally, given that my request is only for commercial name, and vendor, I
make this change under the presumption that the actual documents owned by
third parties are not included, therefore no additional consultation is
required.

 

 

 

With these changes my full request is as follows:

 

-   The Commissioner's personal input in writing into the final form of
the roadmap in the three months leading up to its release, including
emails, correspondence, diary and calendar entries, and minutes of
meetings;

 

-   The roadmap itself and previous drafts of the roadmap, with comments
on those drafts;

 

-   A list of third parties eSafety reached out to for consultation,
including vendors;

 

-   A list of research topics or papers that were commissioned by the
office for use in development of the roadmap;

 

-   A list of reports and research documents that support the conclusions,
recommendations and policies of the age verification roadmap, and any the
eSaftey Commissioner’s office are aware of, that contradict the
recommendations;

 

- A list of the material referenced in the roadmap; and,

 

- A list of the commercial name and vendor of technical solutions
referenced in the roadmap.

 

 

 

As per my last revision, I would like to exclude information that would
require consultation with the third-party, for example personal
information, but request that a summary is provided of their contribution
to the process, and whether they were a private individual, company,
advocacy group.

 

 

 

I would like to exclude information or documents that have already been
made public.

 

 

 

I hope that given these changes we have reached a settled view on the
material in scope of this request, and the references requested can be
released. I believe my request at this time has been reduced and clarified
to a point that that the office can service this request in line with the
legal requirements regarding FOI obligations.

 

 

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Rebecca Trapani

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

 

 

 

OFFICIAL

 

Dear Ms Trapani

 

 

 

Thank you for agreeing to extend the time for the request consultation
process to 15 May 2023. I have had the opportunity to consult with the
officers with first hand knowledge of development of the Roadmap.

 

 

 

As foreshadowed in my email of 26 April, it is the last dot point of your
revised scope that will still require a substantial diversion of
resources, as processing it would require assessment of over 1000
documents. You will recall that one of our suggestions for narrowing the
scope was to limit it to material referenced in the Roadmap itself. This
would mean we would have to work through a much smaller set of documents
to determine which of them can be released. We would have to consult with
third parties in considering whether to release some of this material,
including any technical assessment, so these documents would be excluded
from your scope as revised.

 

 

 

Another possible way to deal with this part of the material you are
interested in would be to request access to a list of the material
referenced in the Roadmap. With these references, you would be able to
access the publicly available material, and to decide whether you wish to
purchase the material that is commercially available. Your current
proposed scope excludes material on which we would have to consult, so we
would exclude from scope the actual documents owned by third parties, but
this would not be a concern in relation to the references to this
material. While we have not reached a settled view on any of the material
in scope of your request, we do not foresee a concern with releasing the
references.

 

 

 

It is, of course, matter for you to determine what changes you wish to
make to your request.

 

 

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

FOI Coordinator

 

 

 

esafety.gov.au

 

 

 

eSafety acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout
Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters and community.
We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and
to Elders past, present and emerging.

 

 

 

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