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

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

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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”.

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