One issue that Campbell raised, that I haven’t yet addressed here, is the proposal that protections from hate speech might be extended to groups defined by their political opinion. This is a particularly controversial aspect of the government’s proposed changes, with even people strongly supportive of hate speech reform concerned about overreach. While the Government agreed in principle that hate speech protections should be expanded to all the protected classes in the Human Rights Act, it has more recently appears to be in two minds. Most (perhaps even all) of the strong defences of widening the protections against hate speech I have read, say they are concerned that expanding protections to groups defined by their politics: they agree the criminal offence should expand from the race/nationality/ethnicity it currently covers to other grounds such a religion, sex/gender, and sexuality, but think expanding to all of the grounds may be going too far. Victoria University’s Dr. Edw
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 4:04 pm | Ellie Franco Williams Sexual harm using images will earn up to three years imprisonment if the proposed
amendments to the Harmful Digital Communications Bill go through. The amendment would
deem the individual distributor of intimate recordings without consent liable to . More
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 4:03 pm | Ellie Franco Williams Support groups and experts in the rise of sexual abuse are rallying behind amendments
to the Harmful Digital Communications Act. People have until midnight tomorrow night
(April 23) to comment on the Harmful Digital Communications Act (Unauthorised Posting . More
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Thursday, 22 April 2021, 4:04 pm
Sexual harm using images will earn up to three years
imprisonment if the proposed amendments to the Harmful
Digital Communications Bill go through.
The amendment
would deem the individual distributor of intimate recordings
without consent liable to up to three years imprisonment or
a fine of up to $50,000.
Corporates may be fined up to
$200,000 and the bill would give courts the power to direct
online platforms to get images and recordings taken
down.
According to
The Light
Project coordinator, Nikki Denholm, sharing of nudes online
is the top-hit on the organisation’s ‘in the know’
search tool. The Light Project is a charitable trust which
Article – Ellie Franco Williams Sexual harm using images will earn up to three years imprisonment if the proposed amendments to the Harmful Digital Communications Bill go through. The amendment would deem the individual distributor of intimate recordings without consent liable to …
Sexual harm using images will earn up to three years imprisonment if the proposed amendments to the Harmful Digital Communications Bill go through.
The amendment would deem the individual distributor of intimate recordings without consent liable to up to three years imprisonment or a fine of up to $50,000.
Corporates may be fined up to $200,000 and the bill would give courts the power to direct online platforms to get images and recordings taken down.