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New industry code to protect dating app users
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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10/1/2024
A nation-wide industry code for dating apps detailing how they'll protect users from harm and abuse begins today.
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These online dating platforms will have six months to comply with this new code of conduct
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designed to improve safety for users.
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So user safety is a big issue that's being seen.
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A 2022 Australian Institute of Criminology report found that three out of four people
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who had been surveyed had been subjected to sexual violence on dating apps in the five
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years prior.
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Now, this code has been in the works since the beginning of last year.
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At this stage, it is voluntary before becoming enforceable from April next year.
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So the code will require apps to do things like have systems in place to detect potential
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incidents of online-enabled harm and also take action against users who are in breach
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of those safety policies.
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They'll also have to have prominent and transparent ways for people to make reports, and they'll
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also have to advise the eSafety Commissioner of how many accounts have been terminated.
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They'll have to engage with law enforcement and also escalate threats where there is an
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imminent risk to safety.
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And the apps will also have a new rating system, which will allow users to see how they stack
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up against these new safety regulations.
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Now, speaking earlier today, the communications minister, Michelle Rowland, said that the
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government is doing what it can to keep users safe.
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We know that self-regulation is often the best and quickest form of regulation in innovative
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industries.
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But at the same time, of course, we have consistently said that if this code does not deliver the
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safety benefits that we expect for Australians, then the government will have no hesitation
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in imposing direct regulation on this sector.
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So what we want here is outcomes.
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We want people to continue to experience and to have the freedom to choose of these apps.
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But they do need to be made safer.
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For now, Gemma, this code of conduct is voluntary, but the eSafety Commissioner will be reviewing
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it in 2026 to see if it should be made mandatory.
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