Establishment of the Online Safety Commission under the Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act.
The Online Safety Commission (OSC) has been launched with powers to compel social media platforms and group administrators to remove harmful content or restrict accounts. The agency will initially prioritize high-impact harms, specifically doxing and the abuse of intimate images.
Why it mattersLawyers must advise clients that the OSC provides a new regulatory mechanism to bypass platform delays in removing harmful content.