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Operates a social platform, in Ukraine

Law on Media, Video-Sharing Platform and Child-Protection Dutiessince 5 lines

Law of Ukraine No. 2849-IX "On Media", , arts. 18, 23, 42 · Read the law's page

  • Article 23 binds a provider of a video-sharing platform: a person supplying a service, whether a website or another form, built on a publicly accessible information repository under its control and client software giving access to it (Article 18). Article 42 governs linear and on-demand audiovisual programs.
  • Verify a user's age before granting access to information that may harm a child's physical, mental or moral development (Article 23(1)(3)).
  • Make available a parental-control system to protect children from such information (Article 23(1)(3)).
  • Show a linear or on-demand audiovisual program rated for an audience of at least 16 only between 22:00 and 06:00, and one rated for an audience of at least 18 only between 24:00 and 05:00; you may instead use a conditional-access system in place of those broadcast windows (Article 42).
  • Treat content including violence, self-harm, cruelty to animals, glorification of crime, promotion of substance abuse, profanity, gambling inducement and graphic depiction of the dead or dying as triggering the child-protection restriction (Article 42).

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