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On 26 October 2005 the Saeima (Parliament of the Republic of Latvia) adopted amendments to the Act on Press and Other Mass Media. This Act is one of the first Laws adopted in Latvia after the regain of independence. It was adopted on 20 December 1990 and is still in force as the general Law applicable to all kinds of mass media. This Act is also the only Law regulating the printed media, as the electronic media are governed by the special Radio and Television Law as well. Initially the amendments were planned to be of a formal nature: to bring the out-of-date wording and terminology of the law...

On 5 December 2005, the Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation (Regional Media and Communications Office - LMK) of Rheinland-Pfalz imposed a fine of EUR 12,000 against an Internet Service Provider. In the LMK's opinion, the ISP had offered users paedophile content, thus breaching the provisions of the Jugendmedienschutzstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Youth Protection in the Media - JMStV). Under Art. 4.9 JMStV, content is unlawful if it portrays children and young people in an unnatural sexual way. The ISP had linked its sub-domains via a portal. In these domains, it had set up preview...

On 13 December 2005, the European Commission published its proposal for an amendment to the Television Without Frontiers Directive (89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC). On the grounds that new technologies in the transmission of audiovisual media services have made it necessary (1) to take into account the impact of structural change and technological developments on business models, especially the financing of commercial broadcasting, and (2) to ensure optimal conditions of competition for European companies and services in the information technology and media industries, the proposal...

On 29 September 2005 the representatives of the Magyar Reklámszövetség (Hungarian Advertising Association - MRSz), the Önszabályozó Reklám Testület (Hungarian Advertising Self-regulatory Board - ÖRT)-thetwo main self-regulatory organisations of the national advertising industry - and of further 20 professional associations involved in matters of advertising -- signed the amendment to the Magyar Reklámetikai Kódex (HungarianCode of AdvertisingEthics). This code of conduct serves as the common basis of self-regulatory practices in the Hungarian advertising industry. Its original version was adopted...

The Commission for Youth Media Protection (KJM) has for the first time positively evaluated two partial solutions to age verification systems (AVS) for securing closed user groups on the Internet as defined by § 4 paragraph 2 line 2 of the Youth Media Protection Treaty. (JMStV). The modules are based on the plans of “fun SmartPay AVS” of fun communications ltd and “Identity Check with Q-Bit” of the SCHUFA Holding AG (an organisation involved with loans). In the KJM's opinion, an age verification system can only fulfil the requirements of the JMStv treaty, if firstly, the user's age may be verified...