Part 4Other duties of providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services

Chapter 1 – User identity verification

• Section 64User identity verification

  (1) A provider of a Category 1 service must offer all adult users of the service the option to verify their identity (if identity verification is not required…

• Section 65OFCOM’s guidance about user identity verification

  (1) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of Category 1 services to assist them in complying with the duty set out in section 64(1) . (2) In producing…

Chapter 2 – Reporting child sexual exploitation and abuse content

• Section 66Requirement to report CSEA content to the NCA

  (1) A UK provider of a regulated user-to-user service must operate the service using systems and processes which secure (so far as possible) that the provider reports all…

• Section 67Regulations about reports to the NCA

  (1) The Secretary of State must make regulations in connection with the reports that are to be made to the NCA (including by non-UK providers) as required by…

• Section 68NCA: information sharing

  In section 16 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (interpretation of Part 1 ), in subsection (1), in the definition of “permitted purpose”, after paragraph (o) insert—…

• Section 69Offence in relation to CSEA reporting

  (1) A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 66 — (a) the person provides information that is false in a material…

• Section 70Interpretation of this Chapter

  (1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) A provider of a regulated user-to-user service or a regulated search service is a “UK provider” of…

Chapter 3 – Terms of service: transparency, accountability and freedom of expression

• Section 71Duty not to act against users except in accordance with terms of service

  (1) A provider of a Category 1 service must operate the service using proportionate systems and processes designed to ensure that the provider does not— (a) take down…

• Section 72Further duties about terms of service

  All services (1) A provider of a regulated user-to-user service must include clear and accessible provisions in the terms of service informing users about their right to bring…

• Section 73OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in sections 71 and 72

  (1) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of Category 1 services to assist them in complying with their duties set out in sections 71 and 72(3) to (7)…

• Section 74Interpretation of this Chapter

  (1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) “Regulated user-generated content” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (see section 55 ), and references…

Chapter 4 – Deceased Child Users

• Section 75Disclosure of information about use of service by deceased child users

  (1) A provider of a relevant service must make it clear in the terms of service what their policy is about dealing with requests from parents of a…

• Section 76OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 75

  (1) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of relevant services to assist them in complying with their duties set out in section 75 . (2) OFCOM must publish…

Chapter 5 – Transparency reporting

• Section 77Transparency reports about certain Part 3 services

  (1) Once a year, OFCOM must give every provider of a relevant service a notice which requires the provider to produce a report about the service (a “transparency…

• Section 78OFCOM’s guidance about transparency reports

  (1) OFCOM must produce guidance about— (a) how OFCOM will determine which information they will require transparency reports under section 77 to contain, including— (i) the principles that…