Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

The Morrison government is acting urgently to develop world-leading reforms to protect all Australians who maintain social media accounts. This legislation will protect social media users from liability when third parties post defamatory comments on their page and will also empower Australians to unmask anonymous originators of defamatory comments and content. We want to give a voice and a pathway forward to the voiceless and protect the unfairly targeted, like a young woman suffering unwarranted attacks about her appearance or perceived sexuality, or parents struggling to figure out how to stop the cyberbullying of their teenage daughter. These reforms will permit more Australians to seek redress for online harms, because anonymity should not be weaponised to abuse, harass, bully or destroy people's reputations. The Morrison government is committed to keeping Australian women and, indeed, all Australians safe at all times, in the real world and online.