(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. 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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