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On 29 November 2013, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources announced the establishment of an Internet Content Advisory Group. The Group consists of experts in the fields of child safety and online behaviour, as well as legal, technical and industry experts, and a student representative. It will consider emerging issues in the area of online content and its general impact on the lives of children and young people. The Group has been asked to comment on the July 2013 report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee (Irish Parliament Committee) titled ‘Addressing the Growth of Social...

On 27 February 2014, the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA), the Albanian regulatory authority, issued a statement that demands that audiovisual operators should immediately stop broadcasting an advertising spot of the mobile phone company Vodafone for its offer regarding 3G Internet connection and network. According to the regulator, this advertising spot directly influences children and minors, targeting them and leading them to buy the mobile phone and the 3G connection that Vodafone is offering in Albania. The regulator claims that advertising with such content violates the principles laid down...

On 30 January 2014, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) decided not to renew the audiovisual licence of the commercial TV station Taraf TV, a music channel specialising in broadcasting party music and manele, an originally Turkish-derived music genre. The licence of Taraf TV had to be renewed before 15 February 2014 and needed for its renewal the votes of six members of the CNA in favour. Only five members voted for the extension of the licence (see IRIS 2012-6/31). There is a controversial debate in Romania about the manele style, nowadays a mixture of...

One in eight parents are failing to take any action to protect their children online according to a new report by the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom released on 15 January 2014. The report, the first of three to be commissioned by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, asked parents of 5-15 year-olds how they kept their children safe in an online world. It concluded that 15% of parents either don’t know how to activate such controls as family-friendly internet filters, or are unaware that they exist. Children are increasingly participating in an online world, with the report revealing that...

The British Board of Film Classification is the self-regulatory and co-regulatory body that classifies films, videos on all physical formats (including DVD and Blu-ray Disc) and certain video games, advertisements and trailers. On 13 January 2014, it published new Classification Guidelines after undertaking a large-scale public consultation involving more than 10,000 members of the public. This found a particular concern about the sexualisation of girls and pornography. There was also worry about the content of music videos and the ease of accessibility of online porn. Parents were concerned about...