Radio- och tv-lagen 9 a kap., Video-Sharing Platform Protection of Minors
Radio- och tv-lag (2010:696) 9 a kap. 1-3 §§
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In force since 1 December 2020.
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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A provider of a video-sharing platform established in Sweden under the Audiovisual Media Services Directive's establishment test must take appropriate measures so that user-generated videos, TV programs, and audiovisual commercial communications carrying graphic depictions of violence of a realistic nature or pornographic images are not made available in a manner creating a significant risk that children may see them, unless justifiable for particular reasons.
Personal data collected or otherwise generated by a video-sharing platform provider to meet that requirement may not be processed for commercial purposes.
A separate duty in the same chapter requires appropriate measures against user-generated videos, TV programs, or audiovisual commercial communications whose content amounts to specified criminal offences, including unlawful threat, incitement to rebellion, agitation against a population group, child pornography under the Criminal Code, unlawful depiction of violence, or public incitement to terrorism or particularly serious crime.
Mediemyndigheten (the Swedish Media Authority) supervises compliance with these measures and may issue an order, which may carry a conditional fine, to secure compliance; the chapter does not itself specify age verification, identity checks, or another particular technical method as the required measure.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Mediemyndigheten (Swedish Media Authority)
What it reaches
Covered services
A video-sharing platform whose provider is established in Sweden under Article 28a.1-4 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, and which hosts user-generated videos, TV programs, or audiovisual commercial communications.
Read the law
riksdagen.se, consolidated text of Radio- och tv-lag (2010:696)