Bill
Online Safety Amendment (Breaking Online Notoriety) Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2023-11-14.
- Sponsor
- Garth Hamilton
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-03-27
- second reading — 2023-03-27
- other — 2023-11-14
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-03-27.
The bill would give the e-Safety Commissioner new powers to handle online content that shows criminal activity.
It would let the Commissioner investigate complaints and issue removal notices to online services or people who post such material.
The bill defines criminal activity material as content hosted on social media or other online services that depicts conduct that could be a criminal offence.
- Extends the e-Safety Commissioner's functions to include a complaints system for criminal activity material.
- Gives the Commissioner power to investigate complaints about criminal activity material.
- Allows the Commissioner to issue removal notices to service providers or individuals who post or host criminal activity material.
The e-Safety Commissioner, providers of social media and other online services, and people who post or host criminal activity material.
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