[2] Netsafe is the agency approved by the New Zealand Police to process complaints about harmful digital communications.

[2] A person committing an offence under the act can face fines up to $50,000 or two years in prison.

[3] Cyberbullying and other forms of harmful digital communications have large impacts on people, especially those who are children, teenagers, disabled, LGBT, and seniors.

[5] In 2022, the act was amended, adding "intimate visual recording" being posted without consent as a form of harmful communication.

In this position, the agency receives and accesses complains about harmful communications, investigates complaints, attempts to resolve complaints, forms relationships with foreign and domestic service providers, and provides education and policies on online safety.