Australia: Opened consultation by eSafety Commissioner on submitted draft online safety codes
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Opened consultation by eSafety Commissioner on submitted draft online safety codes
On 9 March 2023, Australia's eSafety Commissioner opened the second public consultation on the draft online safety codes submitted by associations representing the online industry until 31 March 2023. The draft online safety codes would apply to eight industry sectors, including social media services, websites, search engines, app stores, internet service providers, device manufacturers, hosting services, and services such as email, messaging, gaming and dating services. The submitted draft codes contain measures to reduce the availability of seriously harmful online content, such as child sexual abuse and pro-terrorist material.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, platform intermediary: user-generated content, other service provider, technological consumer goods, software provider: app stores, search service provider, messaging service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2023-02-09
under deliberation
2023-03-09
in consultation
2023-03-31
processing consultation