BILL NO. 61
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
67 Elizabeth II, 2018
Private Member's Bill
Protecting Children on the Internet Act
Allan MacMaster
Inverness
First Reading: September 25, 2018
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act to Protect Children
from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet
1 This Act may be cited as the Protecting Children on the Internet Act.
(a) "family-friendly content filter" means a filter that blocks websites that feature pornography;
(b) "Internet service provider" means a company that provides a person with access to the Internet;
(c) "pornography" means a photograph, film, video or other visual representation in which a person is nude, exposing the person's genital organs, anal region or breasts for a sexual purpose or is engaged in explicit sexual activity.
(a) automatically block websites that feature pornography; and
(b) encourage its business partners to adopt filtering services,
at locations where children may have access to a free wireless Internet service.
a family-friendly content filter that may only be changed by an adult account holder.
5 An Internet service provider shall contact its existing customers within 30 days of the coming into force of this Act and present them with the option of installing a family-friendly content filter.
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