澳大利亚通信部长阿尼卡·韦尔斯已向议会提交数字安全法案，旨在修正现有在线安全法以保护民众免受网络伤害1。该法案要求社交媒体平台、网站、在线游戏和消息应用等在线服务提供商采取适当措施保护用户特别是儿童免受有害内容和行为的影响1。法案还为用户提供管理算法设计功能的工具1。
根据该法案，在线服务提供商须特别针对儿童加强保护，防止他们接触到推广欺凌、饮食失调或危险特技的内容1。法案定义中新增了"性别暴力的鼓励、推广或煽动"内容，并扩展保护范围包括非共识虚假裸露材料和未经同意发布或威胁发布的亲密图像1。同时，法案明确排除了专业新闻材料、艺术和教育内容以及科学和学术研究1，并删除了关于"鼓励、推广、督促或指导非法药物使用"材料的限制1。
在权力制约方面，法案规定部长不再能通过立法文件添加有害材料类别，今后任何新增类别需由议会通过修正法律来确定1。该法案已发送至参议院进行调查，预计年底前完成报告1。绿党参议员莎拉·汉森-杨表示绿党原则上支持该法案，但要求对违反法案的大科技公司施加更严厉的处罚1。
Australia's Minister for Communications Anika Wells has submitted a digital safety bill to parliament that amends the Online Safety Act to protect Australians from online harms 1. The legislation requires online service providers—including social media platforms, websites, online games, and messaging applications—to take appropriate action safeguarding users, particularly children, from harmful content and to provide users with tools to manage algorithmic design features 1.
The bill expands the definition of harmful material 1. It now specifically protects children from bullying, content promoting eating disorders or dangerous stunts, and introduces a new category addressing encouragement, promotion, or incitement of gender-based violence 1. The scope further extends to non-consensual intimate images and materials threatening to share such images without consent 1. A significant procedural change removes the Minister's ability to unilaterally add new categories of harmful material through legislative instruments; such additions will now require parliamentary amendment 1.
The bill includes explicit carve-outs protecting professional journalism, artistic and educational content, and scientific and academic research from regulation 1. Notably, it excludes restrictions on material that encourages, promotes, instructs, or counsels illegal drug use 1. The draft bill was released publicly on September 8 for a two-week consultation period 1, and the measure has been referred to the Senate for inquiry, with a report expected before year's end 1.
Green Party Senator Sarah Hanson-Young stated that the Greens support the bill in principle but have called for stricter penalties against major technology companies for breaching its provisions 1.
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