What must Internet Service Providers and Internet Content Hosts do under the Codes?
Under the legislation and the codes of practice, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Internet Content Hosts (ICHs) must: • take reasonable steps to ensure that Internet access accounts are not provided to children under 18 without parental consent or the consent of a responsible adult • provide for use filtering software which can be installed on the home computer or provide an optional filtered service available direct from the ISP; • provide end users with information about their rights and responsibilities online. This includes information on the following: • ways of supervising and controlling children’s access to Internet content • the procedures which parents can implement to control children’s access to Internet content • users right to make complaints to ACMA about online content • the procedures by which such complaints can be made. This guide aims to satisfy the informational requirements under the code so that ISPs and ICHs will be in compliance with their obligations to i
