Online Safety Act 2025 · Updated to 22 May 2025 · Part I · Preliminary
2. Application
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (2), this Act shall apply to—
any applications service which utilizes internet access service that enables communications between users;
any content applications service which utilizes internet access service to provide content; and
any network service.
This Act shall not apply to a private messaging feature of any applications service and content applications service.
applications service
“applications service” has the meaning assigned to it in the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;
For the purposes of subsection (2), “private messaging feature” means a feature that allows a user to communicate a content to a specific and limited number of recipients determined by the user and may contain any other characteristics as may be prescribed.
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;