Online safety laws being rushed through Parliament are so broad and offer so little recourse for appeal that any Australian company with a digital presence could get caught up in them and have their website taken down by court order, major technology and telecommunications companies and digital rights advocates have warned.

The Online Safety Bill, which was introduced to federal Parliament on February 24 and is being reviewed by a Senate committee, has been so rushed that few if any of the recommendations coming out of its hasty public consultation period have been written into the bill, which will have unintended consequences for almost all Australians if it is passed into law, the same companies and advocates complain.