PART 3Providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: duties of care

CHAPTER 2Providers of user-to-user services: duties of care

User-to-user services: which duties apply, and scope of duties

I1I28Scope of duties of care

1

A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a user-to-user service that includes regulated provider pornographic content does not extend to—

a

the regulated provider pornographic content, or

b

the design, operation or use of the service so far as relating to that content.

See Part 5 for the duties which relate to regulated provider pornographic content, and the meaning of that term.

2

A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a combined service does not extend to—

a

the search content of the service,

b

any other content that, following a search request, may be encountered as a result of subsequent interactions with internet services, or

c

anything relating to the design, operation or use of the search engine.

3

A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a user-to-user service extends only to—

a

the design, operation and use of the service in the United Kingdom, and

b

in the case of a duty that is expressed to apply in relation to users of a service, the design, operation and use of the service as it affects United Kingdom users of the service.