Elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu likums, Articles 23(4) and 24(9)-(10.1), Restricted Access Control for Content Harmful to Minors
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In force since 11 May 2021.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 24(9) bans distributing audio and audiovisual works depicting physical or psychological violence, bloody or horror scenes, drug use or sexual acts, or containing coarse or indecent language, between 7:00 and 22:00.
Article 24(10) requires an electronic mass medium not observing that watershed for content that could harm a minor's physical, mental, or moral development to instead provide restricted access control, preceded by an acoustic warning signal and marked with a visual symbol describing the content's potentially harmful nature. Article 23(4) imposes the equivalent restricted-access-control duty on an on-demand catalogue offering such content.
Article 24(10.1) bars commercial use of a minor's personal data obtained through that access control, except where necessary to provide the service itself with the data subject's consent.
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Read the law
Elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu likums, official consolidated text, likumi.lv