Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025 · s 17

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—(1) In this Act, “publication of false material” means —(a)the publication of online material that contains or consists of a false statement of fact about a person (called in this section the victim); and(b)that a reasonable person would conclude is likely to cause harm to the victim.(2) The following apply for the purposes of ascertaining whether online material contains or consists of a statement of fact which bears a particular meaning:(a)the statement is to be ascertained from a reasonable interpretation of the online material whether wholly or in part, and whether on its own or in the context in which it appears;(b)there can be more than one reasonable interpretation of the online material; (c)a statement of fact is a statement that a reasonable person seeing, hearing or otherwise perceiving it would consider to be a representation of fact.
In this Act, “publication of false material” means —(a)the publication of online material that contains or consists of a false statement of fact about a person (called in this section the victim); and(b)that a reasonable person would conclude is likely to cause harm to the victim.
The following apply for the purposes of ascertaining whether online material contains or consists of a statement of fact which bears a particular meaning:(a)the statement is to be ascertained from a reasonable interpretation of the online material whether wholly or in part, and whether on its own or in the context in which it appears;(b)there can be more than one reasonable interpretation of the online material; (c)a statement of fact is a statement that a reasonable person seeing, hearing or otherwise perceiving it would consider to be a representation of fact.

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s 17Publication of false material

(1)

In this Act, “publication of false material” means —

(a)

the publication of online material that contains or consists of a false statement of fact about a person (called in this section the victim); and

(b)

that a reasonable person would conclude is likely to cause harm to the victim.

(2)

The following apply for the purposes of ascertaining whether online material contains or consists of a statement of fact which bears a particular meaning:

(a)

the statement is to be ascertained from a reasonable interpretation of the online material whether wholly or in part, and whether on its own or in the context in which it appears;

(b)

there can be more than one reasonable interpretation of the online material; (c)a statement of fact is a statement that a reasonable person seeing, hearing or otherwise perceiving it would consider to be a representation of fact.