SpainLey Orgánica 8/2021, de 4 de junio, de protección integral a la infancia y la adolescencia frente a la violencia (LOPIVI, Organic Law 8/2021 on the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents against violence)
In force since .
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding government bodies.
- Private right of action
- No
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- This law binds public administrations rather than an app directly: it classifies unsolicited access to pornography as a form of violence against minors, and requires public administrations to develop educational campaigns on the risks of pornography exposure and to promote parental control mechanisms.
- It imposes no direct age verification obligation on pornography providers, so it adds no verification duty for an app.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Ministerio de Juventud e Infancia and regional child protection authorities
Settledness
The Ministry of Youth and Children's implementation report lists the Internet Segura for Kids centre, run by the national cybersecurity institute INCIBE, as the action taken under Articles 45 and 46.
- As of
What it reaches
Covered services
Public administration awareness and prevention programs; no direct provider verification mandate
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The law places its pornography and online safety provisions on public administrations, which encourage industry to use parental control and age verification, and imposes no log or record duty on a service provider. Article 44 requires social services to keep a case register of violence against minors, which concerns neither age assurance nor providers.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Classifies unsolicited access to pornography as a form of violence against minors and requires public administrations to develop educational campaigns on the risks of pornography exposure and to promote parental control mechanisms, but does not impose a direct age verification obligation on pornography providers themselves.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app publishes adult content.
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