Meediateenuste seadus (Media Services Act) Section 19-1, Protection of Minors on a Video-Sharing Platform
Meediateenuste seadus § 19-1, RT I, 27.02.2022, 1
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In force since 9 March 2022.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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A video-sharing platform operator must provide in its terms of service that the platform may not carry a programme, user-generated video or commercial communication that incites hatred, violence or discrimination on a protected ground endangering life, health or property, incites an offense, or depicts child pornography. Content that may impair a minor's physical, mental or moral development must carry a clear warning and an on-screen symbol throughout.
The operator must provide an easy way for users to flag such content, must remove or block access to prohibited content once aware of it, and for harmful-but-not-prohibited content must either add the warning and symbol or ensure the content is accessible only through personal identification codes or another appropriate technical solution that makes it inaccessible to a minor in the ordinary case. A user may complain to the Tarbijakaitse ja Tehnilise Järelevalve Amet (TTJA) about how these duties are applied.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Tarbijakaitse ja Tehnilise Järelevalve Amet (TTJA)
What it reaches
Covered services
Video-sharing platforms as defined by the Meediateenuste seadus, transposing the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Riigi Teataja, consolidated text of the Meediateenuste seadus