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other texts are available yet. On a motion from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, the Federal Board of Examiners for Literature Likely to Pervert Young Persons has, for the first time, placed Internet material on the index of literature tending to pervert the young. This Internet material concerns several WWW pages issued by a neo-Nazi based in Canada, the contents of which glorify violence and deny National Socialist crimes. The Federal Ministry regards this as infringing the provisions of the Criminal Code, in particular Article 131 of the Criminal Code...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently concluded that its original rules implementing the Children's Television Act of 1990 (CTA) have not been fully effective in encouraging broadcasters to increase the amount of educational and informational broadcast television programming available to children. Specifically, the FCC found that new rules were necessary because some broadcasters were providing little educational programming and that broadcasters varied widely in their understanding of what type of programming constituted educational programming under the CTA. Therefore, the FCC...

On 31 July 1996, after negotiations lasting more than six months, Hervé Bourges on behalf of the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) signed agreements with Patrick Le Lay, Chairman of TF1, and Jean Drucker, Chairman of M6. These agreements replace the original authorisations issued in 1987 in accordance with Article 28.3 of the amended broadcasting law of 1986. This is the first time that agreements have applied to unencrypted, terrestrially-broadcast television - previously they usually only applied to radio stations and cable channels, and Canal +. The agreements include other important...

On 3 July 1996 the Ukrainian President signed the new Law on Advertisement. The law defines the legal framework for the advertising industry in Ukraine and regulates relations, that arise during a process of the creation, dissemination and consumption of advertisements. Chapter II determines general requirements for the advertisement. The advertising business has to comply with the principles of legality , accuracy and authenticy according to the legislation of Ukraine, and in forms and methods, that can not bring a consumer a moral, physical or psychological damage. General restrictions and prohibitions...

On 19 July 1996 the Swedish Parliament adopted a new Radio and Television Act, which is to come into force on 1 December 1996. The Act sets out the first unified legislative framework for broadcasting in Sweden. In principle, it will cover all television broadcasting (terrestrial, cable and satellite) and radio broadcasting (nation-wide, commercial and non-commercial) aimed at the general public. Television broadcasts via satellite will be covered by the main regulation in Chapter 1, Section 4, if they can be received in an EEA State and the broadcaster's official registered office is in Sweden....