Information, Communications and Media Act of Bhutan 2018, protection of children in communications
Information, Communications and Media Act of Bhutan 2018, ss.348-349, 351
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In force since 8 January 2018.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Section 348 requires that a communication addressed to children, or likely to be of particular interest to children, be age-appropriate, and prohibits exploiting the credulity, lack of experience, or sense of loyalty of children. Section 349 requires an ICT and Media facility or service provider and vendor to take all reasonable steps to prevent offensive communications being delivered to children and to prevent children from being drawn into conducting business transactions of any kind.
Section 351 bars an advertisement, in any form, that is aimed at taking advantage of a child's vulnerabilities. A separate provision in the same chapter, section 350, additionally bars an ICT or media provider from collecting or disclosing a child's personal information without a parent's or guardian's express, verifiable consent; because that duty attaches to personal data rather than to content or advertising, it is not carried on this instrument.
What it reaches
Covered services
An ICT and Media facility or service provider and vendor, as the Act defines the term, including a communication that is addressed to children or likely to be of particular interest to them
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official Act text
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