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"internet access service provider" means an internet access service provider licensed under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323);

"internet intermediary" means a person who provides any internet intermediary service;

"internet intermediary service" means—

(a) a service that allows end-users to access materials originating from third parties on or through the internet;
(b) a service of transmitting such materials to end-users on or through the internet; or
(c) a service of displaying, to an end-user who uses the service to make an online search, an index of search results, each of which links that end-user to content hosted or stored at a location which is separate from the location of the index of search results,

but excludes any act done for the purpose of, or that is incidental to, the provision of—

(d) a service of giving the public access to the internet; or
(e) a computing resource service;

Examples

Examples of internet intermediary services are—

(a) social networking services;
(b) search engine services;
(c) content aggregation services;
(d) internet-based messaging services; and
(e) video-sharing services.