55 “Regulated user-generated content”, “user-generated content”, “news publisher content”
Online Safety Act 2023 (2023 c 50) | Legislation

Chapter 7
Interpretation of Part 3

55  “Regulated user-generated content”, “user-generated content”, “news publisher content”

(1)     This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

(2)     “Regulated user-generated content”, in relation to a regulated user-to-user service, means user-generated content, except—

(a)     emails,

(b)     SMS messages,

(c)     MMS messages,

(d)     one-to-one live aural communications (see subsection (5)),

(e)     comments and reviews on provider content (see subsection (6)),

(f)     identifying content that accompanies content within any of paragraphs (a) to (e), and

(g)     news publisher content (see subsection (8)).

(3)     “User-generated content”, in relation to a user-to-user service, means content—

(a)     that is—

(i)     generated directly on the service by a user of the service, or

(ii)     uploaded to or shared on the service by a user of the service, and

(b)     that may be encountered by another user, or other users, of the service by means of the service.

(4)     For the purposes of subsection (3)—

(a)

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