澳大利亚政府本周将向议会提交《数字责任法案》，旨在令社交媒体平台对在线安全负起责任1。然而该法案对鼓励毒品使用和某些性活动的内容定义存在缺陷，可能会破坏政府已有的伤害减少和公众健康保护战略1。
现有平台内容审核系统已在错误地移除伤害减少和性健康教育内容，新法案的通过将加剧这一问题1。2024年的审查发现Meta、TikTok和Snapchat已在禁止展示毒品使用的内容，且没有伤害减少信息的豁免1。政府资助的药物检测服务已遭遇多起审核影响，包括帖子被移除、账户被暂停和页面被永久删除1。例如，Pill Testing Australia关于强MDMA和硝唑酮的警告在堪培拉Spilt Milk音乐节前三天被移除1。
性健康倡议也受到波及。2023年NAPWHA发起的"Can't Pass It On"活动在Facebook和YouTube上的帖子因被标记为"错误信息"而被下架1。此外，Meta禁止性和生殖健康产品广告，除非明确针对成人1。专家和服务机构建议为伤害减少工作提供明确豁免或进行更加细致的风险评估1。
Australia's government is set to introduce the Digital Duty of Care Bill to parliament this week, legislation designed to hold social media platforms accountable for online safety 1. However, the bill's definitions of content that encourages drug use and certain sexual activities contain significant flaws that could undermine the government's own harm reduction and public health strategies 1.
Current content moderation systems operated by major platforms are already removing vital educational material. A 2024 review found that Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat have implemented blanket bans on content depicting drug use without exemptions for harm reduction information 1. Government-funded drug checking services have experienced post removals, account suspensions, and permanent page deletions 1. Notably, warnings from Pill Testing Australia about high-strength MDMA and nitazene were removed just three days before the Canberra Spilt Milk music festival 1. Similarly, posts from NAPWHA's 2023 "Can't Pass It On" campaign addressing sexual health and HIV transmission were taken down from Facebook and YouTube for alleged misinformation 1.
The platforms' approach extends to sexual health advertising as well. Meta prohibits advertisements for sexual and reproductive health products unless explicitly targeted at adults 1. Experts and service providers are calling for explicit exemptions to protect harm reduction work or for more nuanced risk assessments to be applied to such content 1. Without these safeguards, the new legislation risks exacerbating the suppression of educational resources that governments themselves have funded and endorsed as public health priorities 1.
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