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At the beginning of March 2009 Tržni inšpektorat (the Slovenian Market Inspectorate) published a report on its activities in the year 2008. The report does not mention the problematic issue of advertisements for “porno chic” content on the internet, accessed via mobile phones and targeted at children, which could on their own or indirectly, by the promoted internet content, impair the physical and mental condition of children. But, in the report there is reference to a provision on misleading and indecent advertising of the Zakon o varstvu potrošnikov (Consumer Protection Act); concerning which...

In April 2007 the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory authority - CSA) called for a charter to set the framework for the participation of minors in television broadcasts (see IRIS 2007-6: 11). A charter has now been drawn up, and the CSA published the text on 22 January 2009. It applies to broadcasts other than cinematographic and audiovisual works of fiction, and will be appended to the authorisations signed by those in parental authority. As the CSA recalls, “in order to take into account the particular sensitivity and vulnerability of minors and to respect the child’s...

The Kommission für Zulassung und Aufsicht (Licensing and Monitoring Commission - ZAK) and the Gremienvorsitzendenkonferenz (Conference of Authority Chairpersons - GVK) of the Landesmedienanstalten (State Media Authorities) have adopted a common set of rules for radio and television competitions. The rules particularly concern the protection of children and young people. Youngsters may take part in competitions (but not game shows) from the age of 14; children under 14 are generally prohibited from participating in competitions and game shows, with the exception of competitions that are free to...

According to a decision of the Niedersächsische Oberverwaltungsgericht (Lower Saxony Higher Administrative Court - OVG) in Lüneburg, the television broadcaster RTL breached human dignity with a report on the ill-treatment of a helpless old man (case no. 10 LA 101/07). The Verwaltungsgericht Hannover (Hanover Administrative Court) had previously upheld a decision taken by the Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt (Lower Saxony State Media Authority - NLM) against RTL due to a breach of human dignity (see IRIS 2007-3: 11). During various news and magazine programmes on 1 December 2004, RTL had broadcast...

In a decision issued at the end of 2008, the Ústavní soud (Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic) ruled that measures taken by the Broadcasting Council to protect young people had not limited the freedom of speech in the media. In the past, the Broadcasting Council has frequently had to deal with the principles of youth protection on television (particularly "Big Brother"-type formats) and imposed fines on the broadcasters of such programmes. The broadcasters appealed against these fines. The Městský soud v Praze (Prague Municipal Court) rejected some of the complaints and upheld the fines....