Jul 19, 2026 – 10.00pmThe Victorian government will lower the threshold for parents wanting to sue social media platforms for negligence causing psychiatric harm to their children and will explore doing the same for adults after a landmark legal decision in the United States.The law change, which Premier Jacinta Allan said would be introduced into parliament before the November state election, will also create new powers allowing individuals to seek orders for tech giants to reveal the identities of anonymous online trolls.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles