New laws in Victoria target online trolls and harmful tech designs. How will they work?

Victoria, Australia, is preparing nation-leading laws to hold technology companies and online abusers more accountable. The Conversation Australia reports the state will introduce an 'unmasking' law enabling people targeted by anonymous vilification to discover who's behind the attacks through court orders to social media platforms. The state will also make it easier for families to sue social media and AI companies for psychiatric harm to children—removing a legal requirement to prove at least ten percent permanent impairment. The laws remain undrafted, with the government planning consultations before November's state election.

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