PART 3Providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: duties of care
CHAPTER 7Interpretation of Part 3
I158Restricting users’ access to content
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).