Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015

Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015
Parliament of New Zealand
  • This bill would implement the Government's decisions on addressing harmful digital communications, which are largely based on the Law Commission's 2012 Ministerial Briefing paper Harmful Digital Communications: The adequacy of the current sanctions and remedies.
Assented to2 July 2015
Commenced3 July 2015
Administered byJustice and Electoral select committee
Legislative history
Introduced byAmy Adams
First reading3 December 2013
Second reading24 March 2015
Third reading30 June 2015
Status: Current legislation

The Harmful Digital Communications Act is a New Zealand law that regulates the occurrences and impacts of issues such as online bullying, harassment, revenge porn, and other forms of digital abuse and intimidation. Netsafe is the agency approved by the New Zealand Police to process complaints about harmful digital communications.

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