‘We have been overtaken’: Review calls for online safety overhaul


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Australia’s online safety laws have fallen well behind leading global efforts and key parts of the legislation are no longer fit for purpose, an expedited review has found, heaping pressure on the Albanese government to act.

The review, tabled on Tuesday, calls for a digital duty of care that encompasses due diligence to replace industry-led online safety settings that “are not good enough to address the volume of online harm …

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