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On 30 December 1998, the order (laid before Parliament on 9 December 1998) proscribing "Eros TV" in the UK came into force. The order, made under Section 177 of the Broadcasting Act, 1990, was made because the channel was judged to have regularly breached the first part of Article 22 of the EC Broadcasting Directive. This makes it unlawful to transmit programmes which "might seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors." The Secretary of State said that "We are determined to protect children from satellite pornography and my message to pornographers is clear; we will not...

In December it was decided to bring the Broadcasting Law into line with the revised version of the so-called Television Directive. With the entry into force of the amended law on 1 January 1999 the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) has started to use visual symbols to identify programmes considered unsuitable for young persons. In Austria, broadcasting is regulated on the basis of federal legislation and subject to its provisions. Whereas the ORF, which is a public corporation, is governed by the Broadcasting Law, private television is the subject of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting...

The European Commission has decided to refer France to the Court of Justice for failure to comply with certain provisions of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive (Directive 89/552/EEC). In 1992 an infringement procedure was started against France concerning the transposition of Directive 89/552/EEC. The revised directive on "Television Without Frontiers" (Directive 97/36/EC) has not amended the relevant provisions in such a way that it would affect the complaints. Thus, the complaints remain valid. With respect to earlier complaints of the Commission, the French authorities acknowledged...

On 21 December 1998, the Council of the EU adopted a multiannual Community action plan to promote safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks that the European Parliament had already approved on 17. November 1998. The action plan is intended to create an environment in Europe that is conducive to the development of the Internet industry by promoting safer use of the Internet, thereby supplementing other measures funded under the Community budget concerning the impact of the new technologies on the lives of citizens (Article 2). The action plan provides,...

The purpose of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, passed a few months ago, is to prohibit trafficking in, or the use of, children for the purposes of their sexual exploitation, and to prohibit the production, dissemination, handling or possession of child pornography. The Act, which is aimed particularly at the Internet, covers film, video, tapes, computer disks, and other forms of audio and visual representation, through any medium, or produced by or from computer graphics or any other electronic or mechanical means. The Internet is not specifically mentioned but the scope of the Act...