19 Duties to protect journalistic content
Online Safety Act 2023 (2023 c 50) | Legislation

19  Duties to protect journalistic content

(1)     This section sets out the duties to protect journalistic content which apply in relation to Category 1 services.

The duties

(2)     A duty to operate a service using proportionate systems and processes designed to ensure that the importance of the free expression of journalistic content is taken into account when making decisions about—

(a)     how to treat such content (especially decisions about whether to take it down or restrict users' access to it), and

(b)     whether to take action against a user generating, uploading or sharing such content.

(3)     A duty, in relation to a decision by a provider to take down content or to restrict access to it, to make a dedicated and expedited complaints procedure available to a person who considers the content to be journalistic content and who is—

(a)     the user who generated, uploaded or shared the content on the service, or

(b)     the creator of the

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