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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...

On 11 May 2009, the Civil Court, First Hall, decided that the Malta Broadcasting Authority had not, when hearing a charge issued by the Chief Executive of the said Authority against the public service broadcaster, given the latter a fair hearing during administrative proceedings. This court case involved the first instance of application by the Authority in 2000 of the then new law which changed the procedure as to the enforcement of broadcasting legislation from one based on criminal proceedings to one based on administrative proceedings. The facts of the case are as follows. On 21 March 2000,...

In May 2009, a draft law reforming the funding of the Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (RTVE), the national public service broadcaster, was presented to the Spanish Parliament. The original text, approved by the Cabinet (see IRIS 2009-6: 10), included the elimination of advertising on Televisión Española (TVE) and proposed a new financial equilibrium that would be achieved through State subsidy and income originating from three different types of taxes: an existing one on the use of spectrum frequencies, and two new ones, to be paid by national commercial broadcasters (both pay and free-to-air)...

The Deutsche Werberat (German Advertising Standards Council) has published a code of conduct on commercial communication for foods and beverages. The aims of this voluntary self-monitoring initiative are to ensure compliance with legal requirements and to promote competition. The code of conduct includes so-called general principles, such as the protection of consumers in their confidence in the quality of foods and beverages, the ban on advertising messages that counteract a balanced and active lifestyle and diet, or that encourage unbalanced or excessive consumption. The code also contains specific...