AustraliaDesignated Internet Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material)
Designated Internet Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material) registered under section 140 of the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth)
In force since .
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
- Audit expectation
- on_request
- Who audits it
- Self
- Where the report goes
- Produced on request
What it requires
- Applies to providers of designated internet services: websites, and generative AI services accessed via a browser, that host or generate online pornography or other Class 1C or Class 2 material.
- Implement age assurance and access controls to prevent access by children in Australia to that material.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
If you get it wrong
Penalties
A direction to comply with the code that is not followed is enforceable through civil penalty proceedings under the Online Safety Act 2021.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
eSafety Commissioner
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Which age assurance measures are 'appropriate' for a provider of a designated internet service under Compliance Measure 7.1 of the Designated Internet Services Online Safety Code, which requires them only 'where technically feasible and reasonably practicable'?
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Websites and generative AI services accessed via a browser that host or generate online pornography or other Class 1C or Class 2 material.
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
User location
Verification methods
Gov ID, Facial estimation, Third party service
What it makes you log
Who may demand the log
Regulator
What the log must hold
Decision basis
Logging duty
A provider that must carry out a risk assessment under the Code must record in writing the determination of its service's risk profile and the conduct of any related assessment, with the reasons for the results. The Code requires no record of any individual age check and states no period for keeping the written record.
- Kind
- Explicit
- As of
- Provision
- Designated Internet Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material), clause 4.3(a)(iv) and (v)
- Trigger
- all_systems
What this law does
Requires providers of designated internet services, including websites hosting online pornography and generative AI services capable of producing Class 1C or Class 2 material, to implement age assurance and access controls to prevent access by children in Australia. Registered by the eSafety Commissioner on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app publishes adult content.
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