KenyaKenya Information and Communications (Consumer Protection) Regulations, 2010, regulation 9 (protection of children)
In force since .
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- Applies only to licensees under the Kenya Information and Communications Act.
- Establish mechanisms that enable parents and legal guardians to block their children's access to harmful content.
What this law does
Regulation 9(1) requires every licensee under the Kenya Information and Communications Act to establish mechanisms that enable parents and legal guardians to block children's access to harmful content, and regulation 9(2) makes it an offence for a licensee to promote or market alcohol, tobacco or other harmful substances to children.
An offence under the Regulations with no specific penalty carries a fine of up to three hundred thousand shillings, imprisonment of up to three years, or both (regulation 23(2)). Regulation 21 lets the Commission (now the Communications Authority of Kenya) issue guidelines for implementing the Regulations; the Communications Authority's Industry Guidelines for Child Online Protection and Safety are such guidelines and are listed with this regulation as guidance.
Guidance on this law
How the bodies that enforce this law read it. Guidance binds nobody by itself, so LexLint never raises a finding from it; the duty is this law's.
- Industry Guidelines for Child Online Protection and Safety in Kenya, the Communications Authority of Kenya
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves under-18s.