Australia: Content moderation regulation in Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
12 Sep 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Australia
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
streaming service provider
platform intermediary: e-commerce
search service provider
software provider: other software
messaging service provider
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

12 Sep 2024
under deliberation

Introduced Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 including content moderation regulation

On 12 September 2024, the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 was introduced into the Australian Parliament. The Bill amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and related legislation with th…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament