Online Safety Act 2021
118AService provider notifications
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118A Service provider notifications
If the Commissioner is satisfied that there were 2 or more occasions during the previous 12 months on which: (a) class 2 material covered by paragraph 107(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) is, or has been, provided on: (i) a social media service; or (ii) a relevant electronic service; or (iii) a designated internet service; and (b) the material can be, or was able to be, accessed by end‑users in Australia; and (c) the service is not: (i) an exempt Parliamentary content service; or (ii) an exempt court/tribunal content service; or (iii) an exempt official‑inquiry content service; and (d) the service is provided from Australia; and (e) the provision of the material contravened the service’s terms of use; the Commissioner may: (f) prepare a statement to that effect; and (g) publish the statement on the Commissioner’s website; and (h) give a copy of the statement to the provider of the service.