57“Search content”, “search results” etcU.K.
(1)This section applies for the purposes of this Part.
(2)“Search content” means content that may be encountered in or via search results of a search service, except—
(a)paid-for advertisements (see section 236),
(b)content on the website of a recognised news publisher (see section 56), and
(c)content that—
(i)reproduces in full an article or written item that was originally published by a recognised news publisher (and is not a screenshot or photograph of that article or item or of part of it),
(ii)is video or audio content that was originally published or broadcast by a recognised news publisher, and is not a clipped or edited form of such content (unless it is the recognised news publisher who has clipped or edited it), or
(iii)is a link to an article or item within sub-paragraph (i) or to content within sub-paragraph (ii).
(3)“Search results”, in relation to a search service, means content presented to a user of the service by operation of the search engine in response to a search request made by the user.
(4)“Search” means search by any means, including by input of text or images or by speech, and references to a search request are to be construed accordingly.
(5)In subsection (2), the reference to encountering content “via search results”—
(a)is to encountering content as a result of interacting with search results (for example, by clicking on them);
(b)does not include a reference to encountering content as a result of subsequent interactions with an internet service other than the search service.
(6)In this section references to a search service include references to a user-to-user service that includes a search engine.
Commencement Information
I1S. 57 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(4)(h)