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‘Digital duty of care’ laws will force tech platforms to look after users

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par Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University

The federal government has today introduced draft digital duty of care legislation, designed to protect Australians from online harms.

The legislation was first planned – but shelved – in 2024. At the time, the government heralded it as “a shift away from reacting to harms by relying on content regulation alone, and moving towards systems-based prevention”.

After a two-year wait, this bill…

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