AU OSA BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(b), 6(5)-(6), 17(2)(b) - Most restrictive defaults for a children's service
Provide user empowerment tools and parental controls to help users and parents manage children's safety
Where this comes from
Provision: BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(b), 6(5)-(6), 17(2)(b) - Most restrictive defaults for a children's service; user controls; information on parental control settings
Instrument: Australia Online Safety Act 2021 - Basic Online Safety Expectations
Citation: Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination 2022 (Cth), s 6(3)(b), s 6(5)-(6), s 17(1)-(2); Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), ss 45(4), 49-50
Text version: Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), compilation of 12 September 2026 (includes the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 and Act No. 83 of 2026, whose title and commencement were not established from the retrieved text), and Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination 2022, compilation of 31 May 2024 (includes the Amendment (No. 1) Determination 2024); both retrieved from legislation.gov.au on 2026-09-21.
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
- Youngest user age is Under 13 or 13-15
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Implementation or documented process meets the reviewed acceptance criteria; identify the tested version and deployment status separately
- Configure defaults from the assessed source and purpose; do not enable data collection or processing merely because this task exists
- Validate behavior for the assessed actors and use cases, including applicable guest or administrator paths
- UI clearly communicates what the feature does to users
- API returns appropriate error codes when feature blocks an action
Questions people ask
- Does AU OSA BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(b), 6(5)-(6), 17(2)(b) - Most restric… apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18; Youngest user age is Under 13 or 13-15.
- From when does this apply?
- AU OSA BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(b), 6(5)-(6), 17(2)(b) - Most restric… applies from 23 January 2022. Its current status is: in force.
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