You are protected if you host online content. You will not be in trouble if you remove or block access to something that got a take-down notice. You must also keep a copy of the content safe for certain reasons listed in section 119E(3).

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119F: No action to lie against officials, or

"Officials are protected when doing their job honestly"

119H: Enforcement of take-down notices, or

"What happens if you don't follow a take-down notice"

Part 7ATake-down notices for objectionable online publications

119GNo action to lie against online content host

An online content host is immune from criminal or civil liability—
if they remove or prevent access by the public to an online publication that is the subject of a take-down notice:
if they preserve a copy of an online publication for any of the reasons listed in section 119E(3) and hold it securely.

Notes

Section 119G: inserted, on 1 February 2022, by section 12 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Classification of Publications and Prevention of Online Harm) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 43).