Media Services Act, Video-Sharing Platform Public-Protection Measures
Act 264/2022 Coll. (zakon o medialnych sluzbach), ss. 48-50
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In force since 1 August 2022.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Section 48(1)(a) requires a video-sharing platform provider to adopt appropriate measures to protect minors from programmes, user-created videos, and audiovisual commercial communications that may impair their physical, psychological, or moral development.
Section 49 lists measures the provider may take depending on the case, including embedding the protective rules in the platform's terms of use, a reporting and flagging mechanism for content covered by section 48, a complaints procedure, and media-literacy tools. Among those listed measures is a parental-control system controlled by the user. Section 49 also lists an age-verification system for users in relation to content that may impair minors' development.
Section 50 lets the regulator request data from the provider to assess whether its measures are suitable, and to request further information where the data supplied does not let the regulator make that assessment. Personal data collected under the parental-control or age-verification measures may not be processed for commercial purposes.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Rada pre medialne sluzby (Council for Media Services)
What it reaches
Covered services
Video-sharing platforms accessible in Slovakia, in relation to programmes, user-created videos, and audiovisual commercial communications that may impair a minor's physical, psychological, or moral development.
When LexLint raises it
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