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Online Safety Bill passes

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Online Safety Bill passes

The Senate has passed a new bill which gives the e-safety commissioner sweeping new powers to force platforms to remove abusive or violent content and block sites that refuse.

The legislation extends the online takedown scheme to adults, and increases the maximum penalty for using a carriage service to harass to five years imprisonment.

Guest: Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts

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Internet Culture, Information and Communication, Internet, Law, Crime and Justice, Government and Politics, Federal Government, Laws
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