Human rights must be at the centre of Australia’s approach to tech policy
Protecting, enhancing and upholding human rights is essential to ensuring Australia’s technology policy is robust, fit for purpose, and meaningfully contributes to the improvement of individuals and community wellbeing both online and off.
Digital Rights Watch actively participates in public consultations regarding the development of legislation and policy in relation to technology and human rights. We have consistently contributed to the public debate regarding many of the inquiry’s terms of reference, in particular in relation to age verification and the news media bargaining code.
Our recent submissions relevant to this inquiry include:
- Submission to the statutory review of the Online Safety Act (June 2024)
- Submission to the Inquiry into the influence of international digital platforms (March 2023)
- Submission on the proposed Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 (August 2023)
- Submission to the Inquiry into Online Safety and Social Media (January 2022)
- Submission on the proposed News Media Bargaining Code (January 2021)
- Submission on the draft online safety Industry Codes (October 2022) and the subsequent draft Industry Standards (January 2024)
- Submission in response to the Restricted Access Systems discussion paper (September 2021) and subsequent draft declaration (November 2021)