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FOREIGN INTERFERENCE (COUNTERMEASURES)
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“proprietor”, for an online location, means a person who—
(a) develops and maintains the online location;
(b) organises, manages or supervises the use of the online location;
(c) manages or regulates membership of, or access to, the online location; or
(d) has the authority to decide whether any information or material may be included or excluded on the online location, or where to place the information or material on the online location or otherwise exercise editorial control over the online location;
“relevant activities”, for a provider of a social media service, a relevant electronic service or an internet access service, has the meaning given by subsection (3);
“relevant electronic service” means any of the following electronic services that is supplied to the public:
(a) an electronic service that enables end-users to communicate, by means of email, with other end-users;
(b) an online instant messaging service that enables end-users to communicate with other end-users;
(c) a service that enables end-users to play online games with other end-users;
(d) a service that specialises in providing links or facilitating access to, or information about, online locations, such as (but not limited to) a search engine, directory service or web browser;
(e) a point-to-multipoint service;
“SMS” means an electronic service that enables the transmission of short text messages from an end-user on a mobile telephone to another mobile telephone through a telecommunication service;
“SMS message” means a text message sent using an SMS;