Oklahoma § 17-140.3 - Services to children under 12 years - Requirements

§ 17-140.3. Services to children under 12 years - Requirements

A. An information provider that does business in this state

shall not direct information delivery services to children under the

age of twelve (12) years unless the information provider complies

with the following provisions:

1. Interactive calls where children under the age of twelve

(12) years can speak to other children under the age of twelve (12)

years are prohibited;

2. Programs directed to children under the age of twelve (12)

where the children are asked to provide their names, addresses,

telephone numbers, or other identifying information are prohibited;

3. Advertisements for information delivery services that are

directed to children under the age of twelve (12) years must contain

a visual disclosure, in the case of print and broadcast advertising,

and audibly in the case of broadcast advertising, that clearly and

conspicuously states that children under the age of twelve (12)

years must obtain parental consent before placing a call to the

advertised number;

4. Program messages that encourage children under the age of

twelve (12) years to make increased numbers of calls in order to

obtain progressively more valuable prizes, awards, or similarly

denominated items are prohibited;

5. Advertisements for information delivery services that are

directed to children under the age of twelve (12) years must

contain, in age-appropriate language, an accurate description of the

services being provided. In the case of print advertising, the

information must be clear and conspicuous and in the case of

broadcast advertising, it must be clearly and conspicuously visually

displayed and verbally disclosed in an audible, clear, articulated

manner; and

6. Program messages that are directed to children under the age

of twelve (12) years that employ broadcast advertising where an

electronic tone signal is emitted during the broadcast of the

advertisement that automatically dials the program message are

prohibited.

B. Every local exchange company or interexchange carrier

providing billing and collection services for pay-per-call services

doing business in this state shall remove pay-per-call service

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charges from the subscriber's bill upon complaint of the subscriber

that the caller to the pay-per-call service was under the age of

twelve (12) years and the information provider failed to comply with

the provisions of Section 3 of this act.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.