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The Bundesministerium für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz (Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection) has tabled a bill designed to tighten German sex crime legislation. The bill is designed to transpose into national law the Council of Europe Conventions on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (ETS 201 - Lanzarote Convention, 25.10.2007), and on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (ETS 210 - Istanbul Convention, 11.5.2011), which have been signed by the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as Directive 2011/93/EU of the...

On 27 March 2014, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) adopted the Decizia nr. 197/2014 privind modificarea și completarea Deciziei Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului nr. 220/2011 privind Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovizual, cu modificările și completările ulterioare (the Decision no. 197/2014 for the modification and completion of the CNA Decision no. 220/2011 with regard to the Audiovisual Content Regulatory Code, with further modifications and completions - Audiovisual Code) (see inter alia IRIS 2006-4/33, IRIS 2011-7/37, IRIS 2013-6/27). A...

The Nacionālā elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu padome (National Electronic Mass Media Council), the national regulatory authority, has been recently exploring legal options for limiting retransmission of certain television broadcasts, which might be contrary to Latvian and EU law. Within the context of the Ukraine and Crimea crisis, the Council has received numerous complaints that several Russian language television channels contain broadcasts, which allegedly promote war and military conflict, as well as include incitement to hatred and destruction of the territorial unity of countries. Also,...

On 12 March 2014, the Broadcasting Commission of the Länder decided to launch an online consultation on the amendment of the Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Youth Protection in the Media - JMStV). The online platform was launched on 24 March 2014 under the overall control of the Saxony State chancellery. The main topic of the discussion paper is the increasing importance of social platforms with user-generated content (UGC). Since, according to the JMStV, operators of private blogs with UGC are telemedia providers, they must ensure that they comply with provisions on...

On 12 March 2014, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its Resolution on “Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World”. Reference is made to the European Commission (EC) Green Paper on “Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World: Growth, Creation and Values” of 24 April 2013 (IRIS 2013-6/5). The Resolution contains a number of observations, comments and recommendations concerning the values, definition, relevance, aims, role, and legal recognition of audiovisual convergence and its intricacies. After setting out all the relevant European and international regulatory and standard-setting...