Bid to include complaints mechanism  in online safety legislation

Campaigners said the lack of an individual complaints mechanism  —  the right for individuals to report breaches of the law by platforms to the regulator — is a 'major gap'

Media minister Catherine Martin earlier this month published the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, paving the way for a powerful new regulator to oversee online communications as well as providing for the regulation of streaming services.

An expert group is to decide how one of the "major gaps" in landmark online safety legislation - the lack of an individual complaints mechanism — can best be addressed.

Media minister Catherine Martin earlier this month published the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, paving the way for a powerful new regulator to oversee online communications as well as providing for the regulation of streaming services.