MaltaBroadcasting Act, Cap. 350, Arts. 16R-16S (Video-Sharing Platform Minor-Protection Duties)
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In force.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 16S requires a video-sharing platform provider under the jurisdiction of Malta to take the necessary measures to protect minors from programmes, user-generated videos and audiovisual commercial communications which may impair their physical, mental or moral development. Those measures include establishing and operating age verification systems for users of video-sharing platforms with respect to such content.
They also include providing for parental control systems that are under the control of the end-user with respect to such content. Personal data of minors collected or otherwise generated through those age-verification or parental-control measures may not be processed for commercial purposes such as direct marketing, profiling and behaviourally targeted advertising. The Broadcasting Authority ensures that all video-sharing platform providers under its jurisdiction apply such measures.
The Act was passed by the House of Representatives on 2 December 2020. It received presidential assent on 7 December 2020, and no separate commencement notice fixing a later day has been located.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Broadcasting Authority (Malta)
What it reaches
Covered services
Video-sharing platform providers established, or deemed established, in Malta under Broadcasting Act art. 16R
When LexLint raises it
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