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ARTICLE · 23 DECEMBER 2021

Proposed new anti-trolling legislation in Australia

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This new "anti-trolling" legislation proposes to protect owners of social media pages and to unmask online trolls.

AustraliaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

The Australian Government recently released an exposure draft of so called "anti-trolling" legislation, which has the dual purpose of protecting owners of social media pages and unmasking online trolls.

Background to the proposed legislation and the Voller decision

The Australian Government released an exposure draft of the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021 (Anti-Trolling Bill) in the final days of the 2021 Parliamentary sitting year. The Government announced that this proposed legislation has a dual purpose:

  • to address the implications of the High Court decision in Fairfax Media Publications v Voller [2021] HCA 27 (Voller case); and
  • to protect Australians from online harms, by limiting the potential for online comments to be posted anonymously.

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