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Rules and guidelines

Explore essential national laws, policies, strategies, and governmental initiatives for implementing the BIK+ strategy across the EU, Iceland, and Norway.

Browse the entries below or use the filters to refine your search.

Rules and guidelines

Explore essential national laws, policies, strategies, and governmental initiatives for implementing the BIK+ strategy across the EU, Iceland, and Norway.

Browse the entries below or use the filters to refine your search.

Rules and guidelines

Explore essential national laws, policies, strategies, and governmental initiatives for implementing the BIK+ strategy across the EU, Iceland, and Norway.

Browse the entries below or use the filters to refine your search.

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  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • digital and socia-cultural environment, risks and harms

The primary goal of the Action Plan for the National Concept of Child Protection in the Digital Space for 2024-2025 is to implement a coordinated, multidisciplinary national approach to ensure consistent and effective protection of children online. The plan encompasses horizontal priorities such as coordination, institutional support, expert training, and research, alongside specific priorities focused on prevention, intervention, and aftercare.

  • Slovakia

  • Implemented 2024 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection, BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • advertising/commercialism

The Advertising Code for Social Media & Influencer Marketing is a self-regulatory extension of the Dutch Advertising Code that ensures advertising via social media is clearly recognizable and transparent, requiring explicit disclosure of any relevant relationship between influencers and advertisers. It also prohibits deceptive practices like using fake followers or undisclosed sponsorships and mandates additional safeguards when content targets children or promotes alcohol.

(Source: Stichting Reclame Code)

 

  • Netherlands

  • Implemented 2022 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • policy and regulation

The Agency for International Programs for Youth Republic of Latvia supports i. the implementation of youth policies at the local level, ii. the qualification of youth workers, iii. youth participation and involvement, and iv. the professional development of educators. 
(Source: Agency Flyer).

Entities responsible for implementation: Agency for International Programs for Youth Republic of Latvia / Jaunatnes starptautisko programmu aģentūra .

  • Latvia

  • Implemented 2020 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 3 - participation
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • EU: directive
  • artificial intelligence, content-related issues

The AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence) provides AI developers and deployers with clear requirements and obligations regarding specific uses of AI. At the same time, the regulation seeks to reduce administrative and financial burdens for business, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

  • Implemented 2024 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • National: national law
  • artificial intelligence, policy and regulation, data privacy, internet usage, digital and socia-cultural environment

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  • Lithuania

  • Implemented 2025 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
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  • National: national law
  • policy and regulation, data privacy, cybersecurity, content-related issues, commerce-related issues

The Amendments to the Information Society Services Law was adopted on 23 May 2024 to implement the Digital Services Act in Latvia. The amendment adds provisions to the Information Society Services Law designating the Consumer Rights Protection Centre (PTAC) as Latvia's Digital Services Coordinator and establishing the national framework for enforcing the EU Digital Services Act, including monitoring, compliance, and penalties.

(Source: Latvia - Policy monitor country profile, 2025).

  • Latvia

  • Implemented 2024 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • media literacy education, cyberbullying, well-being

The Anti-bullying work in schools and educational institutions is a guide prepared by the Finnish National Board of Education. The guide provides a comprehensive framework for addressing bullying within the Finnish education system, focusing on both prevention and intervention strategies. It begins by defining bullying as a concept,  analysing trends in its prevalence,and  offers a clear foundation for understanding the issue.

  • Finland

  • Implemented 2020 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection, BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment
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  • EU: directive
  • love/relationships/sexuality (online), e-crime

The purpose of trafficking in human beings is the exploitation of the person, including sexual exploitation, forced labour, begging, slavery or organ removal. The victim, or trafficked person, is forced or tricked to work against their will. Recruiting, transporting, transferring, housing or receiving people who are trafficked are all crimes. When children are trafficked, the punishment is more severe.

  • Implemented 2011 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
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  • National: national law
  • NCSII (non-consensual sharing of intimate images), online sexual coercion and extortion of children (OSCEC) (formerly referred to as sextortion)

Article 197.7 of the Spanish Penal Code criminalises the disclosure of intimate images without the consent of the individuals involved. This provision aims to protect individuals, including children and young people, from the unauthorised sharing of private and sensitive content. Offenders may face criminal charges for violating this provision, including fines and imprisonment. The law was updated in 2015.
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor Report 2024).

Entities responsible for implementation: Ministerio de Justicia.

 

 

  • Spain

  • Implemented 2015 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • National: national law
  • contact-related issues, content creation

This law Slovenia transposes the AVMSD 2018/1808 with Law 4156. on Amendments and Additions to the Law on Audiovisual Media Services (ZAvMS-B) that entered into force on 12 January 2022.  The Slovenian AVMS Act (Art. 38b) regulates protection of minors from programmes, user-generated videos and audiovisual commercial communications which may impair their physical, mental or moral development, on VSPs.  AKOS, Slovenia's national regulatory authority for the media, is the responsible implementing agency. AKOS is also Slovenia's Digital Services Coordinator.

  • Slovenia

  • Implemented 2021 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
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