Online Safety— of 2018
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“posts an electronic communication”—
(a)
(b)
means to transfer, send, publish, post, disseminate or otherwise
communicate by means of an electronic communication—
(i)
any information, whether truthful or untruthful, about an
individual; or
(ii)
an intimate visual recording of an individual; and
includes an attempt to do anything referred to in paragraph (a),
and a corresponding meaning applies where “post”, “posted” and “posting”
appear in relation to an electronic communication.
Objectives
3. The objectives of this Act are to—
(a) promote responsible online behaviour and online safety;
(b) deter harm caused to individuals by electronic communications; and
(c) provide an efficient means of redress for such individuals.
4. This Act applies to—
Application
(a) the whole of Fiji and, except as otherwise provided, to any acts, omissions,
matters or things outside Fiji; and
(b) an electronic communication posted on or after the commencement of this
Act.
5. This Act binds the State.
Act to bind the State
PART 2—ONLINE SAFETY COMMISSION
Online Safety Commission
6.—(1) This section establishes the Online Safety Commission.
(2) The Commission is—
(a) a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal;
(b) capable of holding real and personal property;
(c) capable of suing and being sued; and
(d) capable of doing and suffering all such other acts and things that a body
corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
(3) The Commission consists of the Commissioner and such other staff appointed by
the Commission as necessary for the performance of the Commission’s functions under
this Act.