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Telecommunications Mobile content gets regulated | Mobile content gets regulated |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Monday, 21 May 2007 | |
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Page 2 of 2 The bill tackles the difficult issue of applying content rules to ephemeral live streamed content by requiring that, for commercial live services, codes of practice be developed that include provisions to deal with the assessment of the likely nature of these services. Featured Whitepaper
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The main elements of the new framework are: • content that is, or potentially would be rated X 18+ and above must not be delivered or made available to the public, and access to material that is likely to be rated R18+ must be subject to appropriate age verification mechanisms; • where access to content is provided by a content service to the public for a fee (other than a news or current affairs service), and the content does not wholly consist of text or still visual images, and is likely to be classified MA 15+ or above, access to that content must be subject to appropriate age verification mechanisms. Similar arrangements will apply to content provided by premium mobile services; • the above limitations relating to prohibited content and age verification mechanisms will also apply in relation to live streamed services; • electronic editions of publications such as books and magazines which have been classified 'Restricted-Category 1', 'Restricted – Category 2' or 'Refused Classification' will be prohibited; • certain types of content services, including those which provide content regulated under existing broadcasting regulatory frameworks, and the content of private users' personal communications will be excluded from the scope of the new regulatory framework.{moscomment} |
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