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ENHANCING ONLINE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN ACT 2015 (NO. 24, 2015) - SECT 21

Basic online safety requirements

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, the basic online safety requirements for a social media service are as follows:

                     (a)  the service's terms of use must contain:

                              (i)  a provision that prohibits end-users from posting cyber-bullying material on the service; or

                             (ii)  a provision that may reasonably be regarded as the equivalent of a provision covered by subparagraph (i);

                     (b)  the service must have a complaints scheme under which end-users of the service can request the removal from the service of cyber-bullying material that breaches the service's terms of use;

                     (c)  there must be an individual who is:

                              (i)  an employee or agent of the provider of the service; and

                             (ii)  designated as the service's contact person for the purposes of this Act;

                     (d)  the contact details of the contact person must be notified to the Commissioner.

Note:          See also section 104 (terms of use).

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, cyber-bullying material has its ordinary meaning.



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