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The Australian government plans to introduce new legislation requiring digital service providers to fulfill “digital responsibilities” to regulate online services and protect users’ rights. Communications Minister Anika Wells noted that the bill aims to address the long-standing issue of tech companies testing unregulated real-time products for Australian users, and it seeks to establish basic safety standards. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized that the core of the bill is to grant users the right to control information flow and allow the government to ban content that promotes crime, terrorism, and hate speech. The draft requires platforms to give users the option to choose which content they want to see, while also retaining the right to switch back to algorithm-based recommendations at any time. The bill draws on the tort law principles established in the 1932 case “Dunhill v. Stevenson,” placing digital regulation at the core of Western legal traditions, with the aim of preventing tech companies from excessively compromising user safety for profit.
Australia → digital services 拟引入数字服务监管法案
澳大利亚政府计划引入立法，要求数字服务提供商承担“数字尽责义务”以规范在线服务。通讯部长阿妮卡·威尔斯指出，科技公司长期对澳大利亚用户进行不受监管的实时产品测试，拟通过制定基本安全标准来纠正此问题。总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯强调该法案旨在赋予用户控制其信息流的权利，并允许政府针对宣扬犯罪、恐怖主义及仇恨言论等内容寻求投票予以禁止。草案规定平台需让用户有机会选择仅显示关注内容的体验，同时保留随时切换回算法推荐选项的权利。该法案援引 1932 年“唐纳休诉史蒂文森案”确立的侵权法原则，将数字监管置于西方法律传统核心，旨在防止科技公司为逐利而过度破坏用户安全。