SloveniaZakon o medijih (ZMed-1) (Media Act), Rules for Commenting by the Public (Article 53)
Zakon o medijih (ZMed-1), 53. in 101. člen, Uradni list RS, št. 69/2025
In force since .
A notice and action rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance, Prohibition
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a publisher that allows the public to comment within your medium, draw up commenting rules and publish them in a suitable place in the medium (Article 53(1)).
- Make the rules set how a comment is signed, prohibit inciting violence or hatred toward a group of persons or a member of such a group on the grounds the Act lists, allow a complaint about a breach of the rules, and set the procedure for handling complaints (Article 53(2)).
- Remove a comment that does not follow the published rules as soon as possible after a report, and at the latest within one working day of the report (Article 53(3)).
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
Article 101(1) sets the fine for a legal person that breaches Article 53 at EUR 1,000 to 10,000; Article 101(2) sets EUR 500 to 2,500 for a sole trader, Article 101(3) EUR 100 to 500 for a responsible person and Article 101(4) EUR 50 to 200 for an individual.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Minimum
- 1,000
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 10,000
What this law does
Article 53(1) requires a publisher that allows the public to comment within its medium to draw up commenting rules and publish them in a suitable place in the medium. Article 53(2) requires the rules to set how a comment is signed, to prohibit inciting violence or hatred toward a group of persons on the listed grounds, to allow a complaint about a breach of the rules, and to set a procedure for handling complaints.
Article 53(3) requires the publisher to remove a comment that does not follow the published rules as soon as possible after a report, and at the latest within one working day. Article 101(1) punishes a legal person that fails to draw up or publish the commenting rules, whose rules lack the required content, or that does not remove a non-compliant comment in time, with a fine of EUR 1,000 to 10,000. Article 116 provides that the Act takes effect on the fifteenth day after its publication.
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