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In a judgment of 3 June 2016 (Case 324 O 78/15),  the Landgericht Hamburg (Hamburg Regional Court) ruled that a former pupil of the Odenwaldschule boarding school in Hesse, in which child abuse took place on several occasions, is not entitled to injunctive relief against the rebroadcasting by the TV station WDR and the production company of the feature film “Die Auserwählten” (The Favoured Few) depicting those events, despite the fact that he was himself a victim. The Odenwaldschule was the focus of public attention when it came to light that systematic sexual abuse of pupils had been perpetrated...

The new Advertising Act (”Official Gazette of RS“, No. 6/2016), which was adopted by the Serbian Parliament on 26 January 2016, became effective as of 6 May 2016. The new law supersedes the former Advertising Act, which has been in force since 2005 (“Official Gazette of RS“, No. 79/2005). According to the statements made by the representatives of the Serbian Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, the new law aims to harmonise with the relevant European legislation, as well as to establish a legal framework that would be able to withstand technological challenges. The new law is applicable...

A guest (Jeremy Irons) on a morning programme on BBC Radio 2, in telling an anecdote, used the word “fuck”. The presenter immediately said, “You can’t say that”, apologised to listeners, and asked Irons to apologise too - which he did. The presenter then reminded other guests not to use offensive language. Ofcom received one complaint about the use of the word at that time of day. Ofcom decided to mount an investigation on the basis of issues raised under Section 2.3 of the Broadcasting Code: “In applying generally accepted standards broadcasters must ensure that material which may cause offence...

The Catalan audiovisual regulatory authority, the Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya (Catalonian Audiovisual Council, CAC) has launched a project entitled “Protecció dels menors a Internet” (Protection of Minors on the Internet). The project aims to provide users, especially children and teenagers, with a set of tools and resources to ensure greater protection from harmful content online. The aim of this Internet awareness campaign is to educate and provide families, teachers and children with tools and resources, which supplement the work that CAC already carries out to monitor and analyse...

On 11 May 2016 the President of the Republic of Belarus signed into law the Statute earlier adopted by the national Parliament that aims to protect children from harmful information. Most of its provisions come into force on 1 July 2017. The Statute significantly amends the 1993 Statute О правах ребёнка (On the Rights of the Child) (see IRIS Plus 2006-3) through the addition of Chapter (4-bis), “Protection of Minors against information harmful to the health and development”. The Statute prohibits the dissemination among minors (persons of below 18 years of age) of 12 categories of information....