Law No. 2024-449 of May 21, 2024 aimed at securing and regulating the digital space
"The so-called SREN law to better regulate the digital space and protect Internet users, particularly the youngest, as well as businesses. The law is inspired in particular by the recommendations of three parliamentary reports on the pornography industry and on digital sovereignty . It also results from the European regulations on digital services (DSA) and on digital markets (DMA).
Interministerial plan to combat harassment in schools
The action of the Ministry of National Education and Youth is part of the framework set by the law of March 2, 2022 aimed at combating school bullying which creates a crime of school bullying. It is based in particular on the deployment of the program for the prevention and fight against bullying (pHARe) mandatory in public schools and colleges since the start of the 2022 school year and extended to public high schools from the start of the 2023 school year.
The program aims to:
Media and Information Literacy (MIL)
Through media and information literacy (MIL), students learn to become responsible citizens in a society marked by the multiplication and acceleration of information flows. They develop their critical thinking and are able to act in an informed manner to seek, receive, produce and disseminate information via increasingly diverse media. Media and information literacy (EMI) is part of the common core of knowledge, skills and culture, the citizenship pathway and the artistic and cultural education pathway.
Youth Protection Act
The Youth Protection Act (Jugendschutzgesetz) sets a policy to protect children in different contexts, including public spaces and online. There are limitations related to children's access to film events, electronic game machines, and other associated industries. It was last amended by Article 12 (2024) on image carriers - films and games.
(Source: Website).
Entities responsible for implementation: Federal Ministry of Justice / Bundesministerium der Justiz.
Guidelines of the federal children's and youth plan
The Children and Youth Plan is the central funding instrument for child and youth welfare at federal level. Funding from the KJP supports the services and the performance of other tasks for the benefit of young people and families in accordance with Section 2 of the Social Code Book VIII and creates incentives by securing, strengthening and further developing child and youth welfare as well as by creating framework conditions for an efficient federal infrastructure for child and youth welfare.
National action plan for child and youth participation
The National Action Plan (NAP) for child and youth participation is responsible for further developing the federal government’s youth strategy, focusing on effective participation methods. It ensures youth participation through a dialogue process with children, adolescents and young adults. The initiative is available at all levels: municipal, state and federal. It plans to develop recommendations for effective child and youth participation in Germany by 2025.
(Source: https://jugendstrategie.de/nap/).
Guidelines of the media authorities: Advertising labelling for online media
These guidelines issued by the media authorities provide assistance with the labelling requirements for advertising on social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitch etc.) and other online media, such as blogs and podcasts.
Interstate treaty on the protection of minors in the media
The German Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Human Dignity and the Protection of Minors in Broadcasting and in Telemedia (JMStV) came into force as an interstate treaty between the German federal states on 1 April 2003. It defines the standards of protection for broadcasting and telemedia. On 7 November 2020, amendments to the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media (JMStV) came into force.
Centre for Social Media, Tech and Democracy
The Centre for Social Media, Tech and Democracy has been established as part of the Media Agreement 2023-2026. The Centre contributes knowledge about users' mental well-being, about the importance and consequences of tech giants for Danish media, and about the impact the spread of misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms has on the democratic conversation.
A prevention plan targeted at children and young people - Tobacco, nicotine and alcohol
The preventive plan aims to advance requirements for children to access restricted content and goods, including through online access. It also addresses electronic age verification in physical stores and in the digital environment through the use of Denmark's digital identity system, MitID.
(Source: Prevention Plan)
Entities responsible for implementation: Danish Government.
