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
8Scope 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.