The federal government intends to create a new children's e-safety commissioner to handle complaints and crack down on cyber-bullying material targeted at Australian kids.
Under draft laws introduced to parliament, big social media companies with a local presence will be obliged to take down offensive material within 48-hours of a complaint being lodged.
Those that repeatedly fail to comply will be subject to legally binding notices and face civil penalties.
But as most social media companies are run from outside of Australia, the processes of just how these regulations will work is still a mystery.
SBS Canberra correspondent Amanda Cavill explains.
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