100 Power to require information
Online Safety Act 2023 (2023 c 50) | Legislation

Chapter 4
Information

Information powers and information notices

100  Power to require information

(1)     OFCOM may by notice under this subsection require a person within subsection (5) to provide them with any information that they require for the purpose of exercising, or deciding whether to exercise, any of their online safety functions.

(2)     The power conferred by subsection (1) includes power to require a person within subsection (5) to—

(a)     obtain or generate information;

(b)     provide information about the use of a service by a named individual.

(3)     The power conferred by subsection (1) also includes power to require a person within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (5) to take steps so that a person authorised by OFCOM is able to view remotely—

(a)     information demonstrating in real time the operation of systems, processes or features, including functionalities and algorithms, used by a service;

(b)     information generated by a service in real time by the performance of a test or demonstration of a kind required by a notice under subsection (1).

(4)     But the power conferred by subsection (1) must be exercised in a way that is proportionate to the use to which the information

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