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On 4 March 2011 the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) issued a decision concerning Internet security. The objective of the decision is to protect Internet users against unwelcome content. However, this attempt of the Authority is not highly appreciated among users and related NGOs. According to the decision, which approves “The Draft on the Principles and Procedures Concerning a Secure Usage of Internet”, four types of user profiles are regulated and Internet service providers are obliged to provide these profiles to their users. The profiles, one of which the...

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has published a revised General Commercial Communications Code and a revised Children’s Commercial Communications Code. The two revised Codes came into effect on Monday, 2 May 2011. The codes replace the BCI General Advertising Code and the BCI Children’s Code respectively (see IRIS 2010-1/30). The codes update the standards that must be met by radio and television advertising, sponsorship, product placement and other forms of commercial communications broadcast within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland. The new codes give legal effect to the...

On 13 May 2011, the first-ever decisions on appeals against determinations of The Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) to Ofcom were made. The two cases at hand concerned the question of whether two “adult websites” fall within the scope of the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009, as being on-demand programmes (ODPs) comparable to a television programme. ATVOD concluded that both services met the statutory criteria, including that their “principal purpose is the provision of programmes, the form and content of which are comparable to the form and content of programmes normally included...

The Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz der Landesmedienanstalten (Land Media Authorities’ Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media - KJM) published criteria for the recognition of youth protection programs on the World Wide Web on 11 May 2011. The KJM’s discussions were based on the notion that providers of content that is potentially dangerous to young people or their development can fulfil their protection obligations under the Jugendmedienstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Young People in the Media - JMStV) by setting up recognised youth protection programs for their content....

The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) published on 18 April 2011 its Annual Report for the year 2010 (see inter alia IRIS 2010-1/38 and IRIS 2010-9/34). The CNA awarded in 2010 a total of 102 audiovisual licenses (four for radio, 17 for television and 81 for electronic communications networks), 40 audiovisual licenses were extended (35 for radio, five for television) and 57 transferred. In 2010 the Council imposed 388 sanctions, including 142 fines, for audiovisual legislation infringements. The sanctions amount to RON 1,923,000 (EUR 456,800). The...