AustraliaInternet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material)
Internet Search Engine 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 internet search engine services, such as Google Search and Bing.
- Implement appropriate age assurance measures so that account holders are checked as over or under 18 before search results can surface Class 1C or Class 2 material, including online pornography; the measure is required by .
- Do not rely on self-declaration of age: eSafety guidance states it is not sufficient to meet the code.
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 the account holders of an internet search engine service under compliance measure 2 of the Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code, which applies them only 'where technically feasible and reasonably practicable'?
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Internet search engine services. eSafety guidance states self-declaration of age is not sufficient to meet the code.
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
Logging duty
On eSafety's written request a provider must submit a Code report setting out the steps it has taken to comply with the compliance measures and why they are appropriate, which cannot be shown without a record of those steps. The Code names no log or record, requires no record of any individual age check and states no period for keeping any record.
- Kind
- Implicit
- As of
- Provision
- Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material), compliance measure 25
- Trigger
- all_systems
What this law does
Requires providers of internet search engine services, such as Google Search and Bing, to implement appropriate age assurance measures so that account holders are checked as over or under 18 before search results can surface Class 1C or Class 2 material, including online pornography. Registered by the eSafety Commissioner on , with the age assurance measure itself required within 6 months of the code coming into effect, by .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app publishes adult content.
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