Ms Noeline Blackwell:

We have noted with regard to dating apps, which make a lot of money by sharing information very quickly, that little care is given to pointing out the dangers of blind dating online. It is not in the interests of social media companies to put up the kind of warnings that might have been issued by dating agencies in the good old days. There is something to that. The codes of conduct established in other countries like Australia have led to better practices. Governments find it easier to create obligations for companies. That requires a digital safety commissioner, although we do not have to use that title if SpunOut.iedoes not like it and has a better word. Those codes of conduct are needed because sharing is the essence of what online companies do. They will have to be told they cannot do it before they will stop.