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§ 14-3704. Parental control

MD Comm L Code § 14-3704 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an Internet access provider shall make a parental control that satisfies the requirements of this section available to each subscriber in the State.

(2)    The Internet access provider may not be required to provide a parental control that is not reasonably and commercially available for the technology that the subscriber uses to obtain access to the Internet.

(b)    A parental control shall allow the subscriber, in a commercially reasonable manner, to:

(1)    Block all access to the Internet; and

(2)    (i)    Block a child’s access to Web sites by specifying prohibited Web sites or by selecting a category of sites to block;

(ii)    Restrict a child’s access exclusively to Web sites that the subscriber approves or a category of Web sites that the subscriber approves;

(iii)    Restrict a child’s access to Web sites that the parental control provider designates; or

(iv)    Monitor a child’s use of the Internet by providing a report to the subscriber indicating:

1.    Each specific Web site that the child has attempted to visit but was unable to view because the subscriber blocked or restricted access to the Web site; or

2.    Each specific Web site that the child has visited.

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