Esafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant has been called to testify before the US Congress over Australia’s Online Safety Act, with a Republican lawmaker labelling her a “noted zealot for global take-downs” and an enemy of American free speech.

Inman Grant has been given less than two weeks’ notice to testify before the committee, and a spokesperson from her office says she is considering her options. The letter, delivered exactly three weeks before the government’s world-first under-16 social media ban is set to come into effect, featured accusations that the commissioner had “colluded with pro-censorship entities”.

“As the Australian eSafety Commissioner, you are the official primarily responsible for enforcing Australia’s Online Safety Act (OSA), which imposes obligations on American co

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