Australian Greens co-deputy leader Senator Nick McKim has told the Senate his party wants the pending Online Safety Act withdrawn, asking for it to be re-drafted to take into account a number of concerns that were raised but not addressed during the Bill’s short consultation and scrutiny period. Among other things, the Online Safety Bill 2021 extends the eSafety Commissioner’s cyber takedown function to adults, giving the power to issue takedown notices directly to the services hosting the content and end users responsible for the abusive content.

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