58Restricting users’ access to contentU.K.
(1)This section applies for the purposes of this Part.
(2)References to restricting users’ access to content, and related references, include any case where a provider takes or uses a measure which has the effect that—
(a)a user is unable to access content without taking a prior step (whether or not taking that step might result in access being denied), or
(b)content is temporarily hidden from a user.
(3)But such references do not include any case where—
(a)the effect mentioned in subsection (2) results from the voluntary use or application by a user of features, functionalities or settings which a provider includes in a service (for example, features, functionalities or settings included in compliance with the duty set out in section 15(2) or (9) (user empowerment)), or
(b)access to content is controlled by another user, rather than the provider.
(4)See also section 236(6).
Commencement Information
I1S. 58 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(4)(h)