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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Take-down notices for objectionable online publications

119K: Reporting

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"What happens when something is reported and taken down"

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The Secretary has to make a list of all take-down notices that have been followed. You can see this list and it will include why each notice was issued. The Secretary also has to publish how many take-down notices were issued and followed each year in the Department of Internal Affairs' annual report.

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Part 7ATake-down notices for objectionable online publications

119KReporting

  1. The Secretary must—

  2. make publicly available a list of all take-down notices issued that have been complied with; and
    1. publish the number of take-down notices issued and the number that were complied with each year in the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs relating to that year.

      1. The Secretary must, in the list referred to in subsection (1)(a), in each case, include the reasons for issuing the take-down notice.

      Notes
      • Section 119K: inserted, on , 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).