About 75% of Australia's dating-platform users have reportedly experienced sexual violence online. The government have called the online dating industry to improve its safety standards.
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The code could include improving engagement with law enforcement, supporting at-risk users, improving safety policies and practices, and providing greater transparency about harms, she said.But, Rowland added, if the safety standards are not sufficiently improved, the government will use regulation and legislation to force change.
"The government is concerned about rates of sexual harassment, abusive and threatening language, unsolicitedThe Australian Information Industry Association, which represents the information and communications technology industry in Australia but not the online dating sector, welcomed the government’s approach as"very measured."
"That’s the way the government should regulate technology," the association’s chief executive, Simon Bush, said."Point out where there’s an issue, get the industry together and get the industry to look to see if they can resolve these issues first before pulling the regulatory trigger."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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