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In a decision of 3 April 2007, the Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media (Flemish Regulator for the Media) expresses the opinion that an episode of "Sex & the City", broadcast by Vijf TV SBS Belgium between 19:15h and 19:45h has violated Article 96 § 1 of the Broadcasting Act (Decreten betreffende de radio-omroep en de televisie, Mediadecreet). This article transposes Article 22 of the TVWF Directive into the Flemish Broadcasting Act, prohibiting the broadcasting of programmes that could harm the physical, mental or moral development of minors, unless the choice of the time of transmission, or technical...

On the basis of Article 37 para.1, point 5 of the Act on Broadcasting Activity, the Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Macedonia adopts decisions, rules, conclusions, recommendations, instructions and other acts, and also adopts views and proposals for the implementation of the law. Among the recently adopted Rulebooks, one that had certainly caught the public attention in the Republic of Macedonia was the Rulebook on the protection of minors from programmes that might harm their physical, mental or moral development. The media, NGO’s and individuals contributed to the productive public debate...

The Italian Ministry for Communications has recently signed a new decree aimed at combating child pornography on the internet by obliging Internet Service Providers to block sites displaying illicit content within 6 hours of notification by the competent organ, the Centro Nazionale per il contrasto della pedopornografia sulla rete Internet (the National Centre for combating child pornography on the internet). This organ was created by a previous act (2006), and operates within the Italian Postal and Communications Police, a specialised branch of the Italian Police force. The Centre is invested...

In an urgent procedure, the Bayerische Verwaltungsgericht (Bavarian Administrative Court - BayVG) in Munich was asked to rule on the suitability of the " bereits18.de " age verification system under the terms of Art. 4.2.2 of the Staatsvertrag über den Schutz der Menschenwürde und den Jugendschutz in Rundfunk und Telemedien (Inter-State Agreement on the protection of human dignity and minors in broadcasting and telemedia - JMStV). According to Art. 4.2.1 of the JMStV, broadcast and telemedia content is unlawful in principle if it is pornographic (No. 1), if it is included in certain lists of media...

On 15 January 2007 Uzbekistan’s President, Islam Karimov, signed into law the Statute that provides for a new version of the 1997 Law on the Mass Media. Among the types of mass media “in electronic form” the new statute specifically lists “TV, radio and video programmes, newsreels, and websites in general access telecommunication networks” (Art. 4). Censorship is forbidden, which means that “nobody shall have the right to demand a preliminary approval of materials or reports”, intended for mass publication, changes in their texts or a complete ban to print or air them (Art. 7). The statute expands...