The Violence Prevention Agreement covers the prevention and combating of various forms of interpersonal violence. The main focus is on violence against children, while new topics include violence against the elderly and mental violence. Hate crimes, which have received less attention so far, have also been addressed to some extent.
The Danish Media Agreement is an agreement between government parties and relevant media entities for the period 2022 to 2025. It governs the financing of DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) and other media outlets, with the aim of ensuring a redistribution of media support, allowing Danes to access relevant content at both the local and national levels. The agreement focuses on democratic dialogue, strengthening local and regional journalism, and media independence.
The agreement includes provisions for:
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.
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.
The purpose of the Media Council for Children and Young People's ethical guidelines is to secure children's rights in the digital environment. The guidelines are about the measures that digital services must take if they want to comply with children's rights. It is based on existing challenges for children's rights on digital media:
The National Strategy for Digitalisation builds on nine goals, denominated as “visions of the strategy”, for a national society adapted to the possibilities of digital technology. The strategy includes collaboration between public and private institutions and civil society. Regarding children and young people, the proposal addresses digital education and skills, child protection measures, and funding for schools.
(Source: Website).
Entities responsible for implementation:
Danish Government
