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| Australia wants user data from platforms |
Australia will enforce some of the strictest anti-inflammatory information laws in the world. However, experts say focusing on defamation does not reduce the incidence of cyberbullying or cyberbullying.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that his administration will enact a law in Parliament this week requiring social media companies to disclose the identity of anonymous and seditious messaging accounts and provide means to prosecute these individuals for defamation. .
According to the law, social media companies are required by law to collect personal information from existing and new users, and it allows courts to identify users in order to bring defamation lawsuits.
It is not clear what personal data was collected. However, there is evidence that they include the phone numbers, email addresses, and contact names of users.
As part of the review, the legislation also changed liability for defamatory posts from the organization that runs the site (such as a news organization) to the social media company itself.
Morrison said he wanted to ensure consistency between the rules of the real world and the rules of the Internet. The rules that exist in the real world must be present in the digital world and the online world.
He added, "It shouldn't be such an online world where bots, fanatics and other people can run around anonymously and hurt and hurt people."
The government investigated the extent to which platforms such as Facebook and Twitter were responsible for defamatory content on their websites.
The country's Supreme Court had previously ruled in September that publishers could be held liable for defamatory public comments on Facebook pages.
The move led to some news companies such as CNN blocking Australians from accessing their Facebook pages.
Australia wants bullies to be prosecuted
The new law introduced a complaint mechanism. If someone believes that they have been defamed, harassed or attacked by social media, they can ask the platform to remove the relevant content.
If the post is not deleted, the user can request the personal data of the person who posted the content. If the platform does not agree to provide the detailed information. He can, by order of the court, oblige the company to provide him with detailed information about the suspension of proceedings.
“Digital platforms — these online businesses — need to have processes in place to remove this content,” Morrison said. You've created the space and need to make sure it's secure. If they don't, we will bind them to such a law.