Internet Australia welcomes the release of the first in-depth economic study into the likely detrimental impact of TOLA (Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018, also known as “Assistance and Access Act”) anti-encryption legislation passed in 2018.
The report identifies the TOLA Act measures have the potential to result in multiple billions of dollars of significant economic harm for the Australian economy and produce negative spillovers that will amplify that harm globally. Economic harms are likely to be broad and long-lastin