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On 28 September 2009, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation 1882 (2009), entitled “The promotion of Internet and online media services appropriate for minors”. The Assembly firstly states that the Council of Europe should pursue work on the protection of children in the information society, in particular as regards developing their media literacy skills and ensuring their protection against harmful content. The change that the Internet brought poses a challenge to the traditional standards for the protection of minors. Nevertheless, the Assembly emphasizes that...

An amendment to Act No. 308/2000 Coll. on Broadcasting and Retransmission and to Act No. 195/2000 Coll. on Telecommunications from 14 September 2000 (“Amendment”) was proposed by the Ministry of Culture on 29 May 2009. The Amendment was required following Slovakia’s commitment to implementing Directive 2007/65/EC (AVMSD). Slovakia as a Member State shall bring into line laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the AVMSD by 19 December 2009 at the latest. The amended Act No. 308/2000 Coll. shall also apply to Internet broadcasting and providing on-demand audiovisual...

On 11 August 2009, the Bayerische Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Bavarian Administrative Court - BayVGH) (case no. 7 NE 09.1378) rejected an application by the game show broadcaster 9Live for an injunction against the competition rules adopted by the Landesmedienanstalten (state media authorities - LMA). The broadcaster 9Live, which broadcasts phone-in quiz programmes, had asked the BayVGH to conduct a judicial review of the LMA's competition rules. In addition, 9Live had submitted an urgent application for all, or in the alternative, some of the rules to be withdrawn pending the outcome of the judicial...

On 8 July 2009, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation 5 (2009) on measures to protect children against harmful content and behaviour and to promote their active participation in the new information and communications environment. In the Recommendation, the Committee first states that the protection of freedom of expression in the information and communications environment by ensuring a coherent level of protection for minors against harmful content is a priority for the Council of Europe. Content like online pornography, the glorification of violence, discriminatory...

On 24 June 2009 the State Duma (parliament) adopted at the first reading the bill «О защите детей от информации, причиняющей вред их здоровью и развитию» (On the Protection of Minors against Information Detrimental to their Health and Development). The proposed federal statute shall regulate “products of the mass media, printed materials, movies, TV and video films, electronic and computer games, other audiovisual products on any material object, including those disseminated in public performances and on the information telecommunication networks of general access (including Internet and mobile...