On: Australia to introduce new laws to force media platforms to unmask online trolls

[hyperpallium2]

Are there provisions to prevent it being used to locate government critics?

[akersten → hyperpallium2]

Not only are there not provisions to prevent that, it's the implicit purpose of the law!

[PickledHotdog → hyperpallium2]

On the contrary:

"If it’s in the public interest, the Commonwealth Government can intervene in these cases on the side of the defamed person against the social media company.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government would proactively search for such cases to intervene in."

Taken from: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/new-australian-la...