AustriaAudiovisuelle Mediendienste-Gesetz (AMD-G, Audiovisual Media Services Act), Section 54e, measures by video-sharing platform providers
AMD-G § 54e (BGBl. I Nr. 84/2001)
In force since .
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
- Covered services
- Video-sharing platforms whose provider is established in Austria
- Obligation class
- Age verification, Access restriction
As of .
What it requires
- Applies to the provider of a video-sharing platform established in Austria.
- Subject content of gratuitous violence, and content that mainly consists of the unreflective depiction of sexual acts, to effective access control by age verification.
- Make content that can impair the development of minors available only in a way that minors do not usually follow it, for example through parental control systems.
- Give users an easy function to rate that content.
- Offer users a transparent procedure to complain about inadequate implementation of these duties.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Penalty structure
Administrative fine under Section 54h(1) for failing to take the measures Section 54e(3) point 2 requires.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 150,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
KommAustria (Kommunikationsbehörde Austria), the Regulierungsbehörde under Section 66 of the AMD-G
What this law does
A video-sharing platform provider must ensure that content of gratuitous violence, and content that mainly consists of the unreflective depiction of sexual acts, is subject to effective access control by age verification. The provider must also make content that can impair the development of minors available only in a way that minors do not usually follow it, for example through parental control systems, and must let users rate that content with an easy function.
The duties apply to video-sharing platforms of providers established in Austria within the meaning of the E-Commerce Act. Failing to take the measures that keep harmful content away from minors, or that put content of that kind behind effective access control, is an administrative offence punishable by a fine of up to 150,000 euros.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app publishes adult content or operates a social platform.