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Victims of online harms will be able to seek redress through the Online Safety Commission (OSC) which begins operations on Monday (June 29).The OSC was formed to support the office of the Commissioner of Online Safety as part of the Online Safety (Relief andVictims of online harms can turn to Online Safety Commission for help from June 29
Victims of online harms will be able to seek redress through the Online Safety Commission (OSC) which begins operations on Monday (June 29).The OSC was formed to support the office of the Commissioner of Online Safety as part of the Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025 (Osraa), which aims to protect online users from harm.The Bill was tabled in Parliament last October, giving the Government powers to order social media platforms and app providers to take down harmful content.While there may be 13 separate online harms that the OSC is set to address, it will begin with five and progressively incorporate the remaining eight.These five online harms are intimate image abuse, image-based child abuse, doxxing, online harassment and online stalking.For the first three categories, victims of such harms can directly file a report with the OSC via their website which goes live on Monday. Read more











