A new online safety bill could allow censorship of anyone who engages with sexual content on the internet
- Written by Zahra Zsuzsanna Stardust, Adjunct Lecturer, Centre for Social Research in Health, Research Assistant, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW
shutterstockUnder new draft laws, the eSafety Commissioner could order your nude selfies, sex education or slash fiction to be taken down from the internet with just 24 hours notice.
Officially, the Morrison government’s new bill aims to improve online safety.
But in doing so, it gives broad, discretionary powers to the commissioner, with...
