Online Safety Act 2025 · Updated to 22 May 2025 · Part III · Duties of Licensed Applications Service Provider and Licensed Content Applications Service Provider
13. Duty to implement measures to mitigate risk of exposure to harmful content
Feedback & supportA licensed applications service provider and licensed content applications service provider shall implement the measures as specified in the code to mitigate the risk of users being exposed to harmful content.
licensed applications service provider
“licensed applications service provider” means an applications service provider licensed under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the licensed applications service provider or licensed content applications service provider may implement any alternative measures other than the measures specified in the code if the licensed applications service provider or licensed content applications service provider proves to the satisfaction of the Commission that the alternative measures will better mitigate the risk of users being exposed to harmful content.
licensed content applications service provider
“licensed content applications service provider” means a content applications service provider licensed under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;
The measures implemented under this section shall not unreasonably or disproportionately limit a user’s expression.
user
“user” means— (a) a user of the applications service provided by a licensed applications service provider; or (b) a user of the content applications service provided by a licensed content applications service provider;