Social Media Giants Forced to Scan Private Messages Under New ‘Online Safety’ Laws: Watchdog

Published on December 11, 2023

Online platforms will be forced to scan the private messages of users if proposed industry standards are implemented in Australia, global privacy watchdogs claim. The group is responding to moves by Western governments, including Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Inman Grant, to do more to tackle online sex exploitation material and other harmful content. Released draft standards, of the Online Safety Act, to regulate “Class 1” online material, including content considered seriously harmful, such as videos showing the sexual abuse of children or acts of terrorism. The standard applies to services including “email, instant messaging, short messages services (SMS), multimedia message services (MMS) and chat, as well as services that enable people to play online games with each other and dating services.”...

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