Submissions

Submission: draft Basic Online Safety Expectations

Posted on November 3, 2021 | in Submissions

The _Online Safety Act 2021 _passed in June this year and comes into effect on 23 January 2022. Under Part 4 of the legislation, the Minister has the power to determine something called the Basic Online Safety Expectations (BOSE).

Submission: Abhorrent Violent Material

Posted on October 28, 2021 | in Submissions

In response to the Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Material) Act 2019 (AVM Act), we teamed up with local and global technology companies, industry, academics and other civil society organisations to express our shared concerns around implementation challenges and unintended consequences of the AVM Act.

Submission: Digital Identity – Exposure Draft

Posted on October 28, 2021 | in Submissions

In October 2021, the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) completed Phase Three of the consultation process for Australia’s proposed Trusted Digital Identity Bill and the accompanying Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF) Accreditation Scheme, and the Trusted Digital Identity (TDI) rules.

Submission: Restricted Access Systems Discussion Paper

Posted on September 21, 2021 | in Submissions

The Online Safety Act 2021 was passed in June 2021. Contained within it is an Online Content Scheme which includes the ability for the eSafety Commissioner to issue ‘remedial notices’. Upon receiving such a notice, a service must either remove the content or ensure that it is subject to a Restricted Access System (RAS).

Submission: Right to Repair

Posted on August 25, 2021 | in Submissions

The Productivity Commission is conducting an inquiry into the ‘Right to Repair’. In June 2021 the draft report was released for public consultation. Digital Rights Watch teamed up with Electronic Frontiers Australia to provide a submission on the issues as they relate to digital rights.

Submission: Digital Identity – Position Paper

Posted on July 30, 2021 | in Submissions

In July, the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) wrapped up a public consultation on the Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper. Needless to say, we are concerned about the way that an eID would interact with our digital rights (especially since the government has a long history of trying to tie identity to internet access) so we made a submission!