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Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015

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for the harmful communications act. In this position, the agency receives and accesses complains about harmful communications, investigates complaints, attempts to resolve complaints, forms relationships with foreign and domestic service providers, and provides education and policies on online
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A person committing an offence under the act can face fines up to $ 50,000 or two years in prison. If the offender was a company, they can face fines of up to $ 200,000.
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law that regulates the occurrences and impacts of issues such as online bullying, harassment, revenge porn, and other forms of digital abuse and intimidation.
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Cyberbullying and other forms of harmful digital communications have large impacts on people, especially those who are children, teenagers, disabled,
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In 2022, the act was amended, adding "intimate visual recording" being posted without consent as a form of harmful communication.
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As of 2021, more than 500 people have been charged under the act, and over 14,000 complaints have been made.
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2015 New Zealand law addressing harmful digital communications
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to process complaints about harmful digital communications.
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The act defines digital communications as including:
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Harmful Digital Communications Act

Parliament of New Zealand
New Zealand
Netsafe
New Zealand Police
LGBT
Netsafe
New Zealand Police
Netsafe


"Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 No 63 (as at 09 March 2022), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation"



"Harmful Digital Communications (HDC)"


"HARMFUL DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS (UNAUTHORISED POSTING OF INTIMATE VISUAL RECORDING) AMENDMENT ACT 2022"
Netsafe
"Digital harm soaring year on year"
"Harmful digital communications | New Zealand Ministry of Justice"
"Revealed: Hundreds charged under Harmful Digital Communications Act"


"What is the Harmful Digital Communications Act? | Netsafe"
Netsafe
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2015 in New Zealand law

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