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Part III · Duties of Licensed Applications Service Provider and Licensed Content Applications Service Provider

18. Duty to protect online safety of child user

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(1)

A licensed applications service provider and licensed content applications service provider shall implement the measures as specified in the code to ensure safe use of their services by child users.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the licensed applications service provider or licensed content applications service provider may implement any alternative measures other than the measures specified in the code if the licensed applications service provider or licensed content applications service provider proves to the satisfaction of the Commission that the alternative measures will better ensure safe use of its service by child users.

(3)

The measures implemented under this section shall include measures to ensure safe design and operation of the service that is, in the opinion of the licensed applications service provider or licensed content applications service provider, likely to be accessed by child users—

(a)

to prevent access of a user identified to be a child to a content suspected to be a harmful content;

(b)

to limit the ability of a user identified to be an adult from communicating with a user identified to be a child;

(c)

to limit features that increase, sustain or extend the use of its service by a user identified to be a child;

(d)

to prevent a user identified to be an adult from viewing the personal information of a user identified to be a child that is available on its service; and

(e)

to control personalized recommendation systems suitable for child users.

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Part IV

Reporting of Harmful Content

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Part V

Powers of the Commission

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Part VI

Undertaking and Notice of Non-Compliance

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Part VII

Online Safety Appeal Tribunal

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Part VIII

Enforcement

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Part IX

Miscellaneous

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Schedules