ONLINE SAFETY REVIEW FINDINGS
* Changes in technology and social media have outrun the system of taking down inappropriate content.
* Current industry co-regulation is not enough to address the threats of harm, and laws are inconsistent.
* A new Online Safety Act and code of industry practice is needed, alongside a national online safety plan.
* Laws should target what the online industry does rather than how they do it.
* Laws need to be technology and device neutral, embracing all relevant platforms, services, distribution access mechanisms and devices.
* Online industry must go beyond simple compliance with minimum safety standards to a much higher new benchmark standard.
* Industry must build online safety into its design and proactively patrol, detect and remove harmful or illegal content at its source from their platforms.
* Changes should be supported by tougher and more interventionist enforcement, reporting on compliance and penalties for misconduct.
* ESafety commissioner should move out of the Australian Communications and Media Authority and into the Department of Communications and the Arts.
(Source: Report by Lynelle Briggs)
