APPENDIX 1

SCHEDULE OF RECOMMENDATIONS

TAKEN FROM REPORT INTO COMPUTER ON-LINE SERVICES - PART 2

Recommendation 1: That it should be an offence to use a computer service to transmit, obtain possession of, demonstrate, advertise or request the transmission of material equivalent to the RC, R and X categories. (para. 3.14).

Recommendation 2: That the Government give consideration to making the use of strong cryptography by service providers obligatory as a means of overcoming perceived enforcement problems with section 85ZE of the Crimes Act 1914. (para. 3.23).

Recommendation 3: That subject to the making of contractual arrangements with access providers/service providers to require their compliance with the law, network operators should bear no responsibility or liability for material which passes over their networks. (para. 3.34).

Recommendation 4: That Access and Service Providers be required to verify the identity of all clients and that all clients are over the age of 18 years. (para. 3.40).

Recommendation 5: In any offence provision, a clear distinction must be drawn between the liability of the originator of objectionable material and a carrier of that material, in the manner of section 85ZE of the Crimes Act 1914. (para. 3.49).

Recommendation 6: That where Service Providers can demonstrate that action had been taken in good faith to restrict access to objectionable material they should have a defence from liability for carriage of such material.(para. 3.54).

Recommendation 7:

(a) That a system of self-regulation be instituted for the on-line industry based on codes of practice and the establishment of an independent, authoritative complaints body with a capacity to impose realistic sanctions over breaches of the codes, including on-the-spot fines;

(b) That the Telephone Information Services Standards Council and its codes of practice provide a model for the proposed on-line services complaints body;

(c) That 50% of the membership of the body should be user representatives, with overall gender equity and with representation specifically from the education sector. (para. 3.66).

Recommendation 8: That the Australian Government pursue at appropriate international forums the concept of classification at source of all material placed on-line, based on an agreed set of classification standards. (para 3.89).