Victoria proposes forcing social media platforms to unmask anonymous accounts accused of vilification
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If Victoria’s ‘demasking’ powers land, identity disclosure orders become another compliance surface for both social and AI platforms. Product, trust & safety, and legal teams should assume jurisdiction-specific identity escrow and audit trails will be table stakes for any at-scale UGC or model-output platform touching Australia.
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