Isn it enough for an ISP to offer a clean Internet service for children, and allow adults unrestricted access to the full Internet?
The regulatory framework is based on the premise that what is illegal offline should also be illegal online. Providing a ‘clean’ service for children would not address concerns about general access to content that would be illegal or restricted in other media. Under the legislation, ISPs will be exempted from ABA access-prevention notices in relation to overseas-hosted content for specified end users where an effective alternative arrangement is in place to prevent access. Schedule one of the codes lists those products and services that meet the effective alternative arrangement requirements. • ISPs are required to provide to their customers, on a cost-recovery basis, one or more of the scheduled filters to their customers • Under the code the ABA is responsible for notifying the suppliers of scheduled filters of prohibited overseas content that has been the subject of a complaint and found to be prohibited. • The suppliers of the scheduled filters have undertaken to update their produ
