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Media Council for Children and Young People's Ethical Guidelines
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:
Well-being Commission
Guidelines on influencer marketing
These guidelines address digital influencers' appropriate marketing and advertising practices. It covers commercial communication under national jurisdiction and, in addition, other laws and regulations, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The renewed guide of the GVH demonstrates in a practice-oriented way, by illustrating positive and negative examples, how it is possible to legally meet the expectations of providing information to consumers, for example in the case of a post containing only written text or a video post.
National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020-2025
The National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020-2025 (Εθνική Στρατηγική Κυβερνοασφάλειας 2020-2025) is responsible for setting and implementing timely and preventive responses to protect the country against cyberattacks. It includes actions to raise awareness of personal data protection, particularly focusing on children.
(Source: National Cybersecurity Strategy).
Entities responsible for implementation: National Cyber Security Authority of the Ministry of Digital Governance.
Strategy of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (2023-2026)
This document sets out the strategy for the National Media and Infocommunications Authority for the period 2023-2026 and sets out the following strategic road map:
Danish Media Agreement 2022-2025
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:
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.
Law on the Protection of Minors Against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information
This law establishes provisions to protect minors from the negative impacts and potential harms of accessing public information. It also specifies responsibilities and duties to producers, journalists, disseminators, and other professionals in the media field. It was amended in 2021 to harmonise with the Directive 2010/13/EU.
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor 2024).
Media Compass
The Media Compass forms the basis for successful media education in schools. It shows how every teacher and every subject or module can contribute to the development, promotion and deepening of media skills. It thus offers teachers, educators and students a theoretical and practical framework of orientation.
Technical child protection on the internet
Although promoting media literacy among young users is the top priority, the use of technical measures on the digital devices of younger children can be helpful. The range of technical child protection measures is vast, and they typically combine various functions to keep inappropriate content away from minors. This usually involves setting usage times, filtering content, and blocking certain applications.
