Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 70

  (1)   If:

  (a)   material is, or has been, provided on:

  (i)   a social media service; or

  (ii)   a relevant electronic service; or

  (iii)   a designated internet service; and

  (b)   a complaint has been made to the Commissioner under section   30 about the material; and

  (c)   the Commissioner is satisfied that the material is or was cyber - bullying material targeted at an Australian child; and

  (d)   the material was posted on the service by a particular end - user of the service;

the Commissioner may give the end - user a written notice (an end - user notice ) requiring the end - user to do any or all of the following:

  (e)   if the material is provided on the service--to:

  (i)   take all reasonable steps to ensure the removal of the material from the service; and

  (ii)   do so within the period specified in the notice;

  (f)   in any case--to refrain from posting any cyber - bullying material for which the child is the target;

  (g)   in any case--to:

  (i)   apologise to the child (or, if the child has become an adult, to the adult) for posting the material; and

  (ii)   do so in the manner, and within the period, specified in the notice.

  (2)   So far as is reasonably practicable, the material must be identified in the end - user notice in a way that is sufficient to enable the end - user to comply with the notice.