The House of Representatives today resolved to extend the reporting date for the Select Committee on Social Media and Online Safety. Accordingly, the Committee has reopened submissions and is calling for interested parties to provide evidence by Tuesday, 8 March 2022. The Committee is particularly interested in hearing from young people (aged 13-18) or their representatives on their experiences with social media and online safety, and their perspectives on how online harms might be addressed.
Committee Chair Lucy Wicks MP expressed her thanks to all witnesses who have so far provided submissions and appeared at public hearings, stating that the powerful accounts of online abuse have highlighted to the Committee the importance of its work.
The Committee has so far conducted nine hearings with over fifty witnesses, and received over seventy submissions from individuals, organisations and government bodies. Further hearings are being considered for coming weeks.
The Committee is now required to provide its final report to the Parliament on 15 March 2022. Further information about the Committee can be located on its website.
Media inquiries
Charlotte Bowcock
Office of Lucy Wicks MP
charlotte.bowcock@aph.gov.au
0417 042 308
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Committee Secretariat
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For more information about this Committee, you can visit its website https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Social_Media_and_Online_Safety. On the site, you can make a submission to an inquiry, read other submissions, and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can also track the Committee and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
