Online Safety Act

A new proposal will require social media platforms to be responsible for their users’ mental health as the Minister says Snapchat may be exempted from rules.

‘I achieved more in four days than I could in four years,’ said Julie Inman Grant.

A new false communications offence will outlaw intentionally sending false information and bolster a government clamp down on dangerous disinformation.

‘The proposed standards would force online services to access, collect, and read their users’ private conversations,’ says Proton founder Andy Yen.

Online encryption will be jettisoned in favour of ‘online safety’, digital privacy groups warn