Law on Protection of Children from Harmful Information, prohibition on distributing content harmful to children
Law No. ZRU-444 (8 September 2017), Art. 16
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In force since 10 March 2018.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 16 defines information harmful to children's health as an information product barred from distribution to children altogether, or one whose distribution to children of certain age categories is restricted.
The categories barred outright include material inciting self-harm or suicide, material capable of inducing children to use alcohol, tobacco, narcotic or psychotropic substances, gamble, engage in prostitution, vagrancy or begging, material justifying violence and cruelty, material denying family values or fostering disrespect toward parents, obscene language, and material of a pornographic character, alongside identifying information about a child victim of an unlawful act.
A second, narrower category restricted by age rather than barred outright covers depictions of cruelty or antisocial acts, material inducing fear or panic, and depictions of sexual relations between a man and a woman, which fall under Article 17's age-tiered classification instead.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition, Access restriction
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
consolidated text of Law No. ZRU-444, lex.uz, Uzbekistan's official legislation portal