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PROTECTION FROM ONLINE FALSEHOODS AND MANIPULATION
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"material" means anything that consists of or contains a statement;

Examples

Examples of a material are a message, a post, an article, a speech, a picture, a video recording and a sound recording.

"MMS" means a system that enables the transmission, through a mobile network, of multimedia messages;

"online account" means an account created with an internet intermediary for the use of an internet intermediary service;

"online location" means any website, webpage, chatroom or forum, or any other thing that is hosted on a computer (as defined in the Computer Misuse Act (Cap. 50A)) and can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by means of the internet;

"paid content" means any statement that is communicated in any place for consideration;

"Part 3 Direction" means a Correction Direction or a Stop Communication Direction;

"Part 4 Direction" means a Targeted Correction Direction, a Disabling Direction or a General Correction Direction;

"prescribed digital advertising intermediary" means a digital advertising intermediary, or a class of digital advertising intermediaries, prescribed by regulations made under section 62;

"prescribed internet intermediary" means an internet intermediary, or a class of internet intermediaries, prescribed by regulations made under section 62;

"Remedial Order" means an order made under section 24(4);

"service provider" means any person (other than a digital advertising intermediary) who, in the ordinary course of business, provides advisory or other services relating to the communication of paid content in any place;