UzbekistanLaw on Protection of Children from Harmful Information, age classification and circulation requirements
Law No. ZRU-444 (), Arts. 4, 17-19
In force since .
An age-appropriate design code rule binding public and private bodies.
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Applies to a producer or distributor of an information product circulated in Uzbekistan, including material distributed using software or placed on the Internet, so an online service reached by children is covered. Works of significant scientific, historical, artistic or other cultural value are outside it.
- Determine the product's age classification before circulation begins in Uzbekistan, with expert help if necessary.
- Classify it into one of five categories marked 0+, 7+, 12+, 16+ or 18+, by its theme, genre, content and artistic design, how a child of the relevant age is likely to perceive it, and the likelihood of harm to a child's health.
- Do not circulate information harmful to children in public places without the administrative, organizational, hardware and software protective measures the Cabinet of Ministers sets.
- Do not distribute information harmful to children in institutions intended for children.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
any information product intended for circulation in Uzbekistan, including material distributed using software or placed on the worldwide information network Internet, print, audiovisual and computer-game products, except works of significant scientific, historical, artistic or other cultural value (Art. 3)
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Market targeting
Obligation class
Design code, Content labelling
Verification methods
Self declaration
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Articles 4 and 17 to 19 require the producer or distributor to classify an information product by age before circulation, to mark it with the age sign, and to protect children from it in public places. They name no log, record or retention period for the classification or for any check of a user's age. The register Article 20 mentions is the authority's register of accredited experts, not a record the operator keeps.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Article 4 defines an information product to include material distributed using software or placed in telecommunications networks, including the worldwide information network Internet, so an online service reached by children is covered on the same footing as printed, audiovisual or broadcast media.
Article 17 requires the producer or distributor to determine an information product's age classification, if necessary with expert help, before its circulation begins in Uzbekistan, assigning it one of five categories marked "0+", "7+", "12+", "16+" or "18+" based on its theme, genre, content and artistic design, how a child of the relevant age is likely to perceive it, and the likelihood of harm to a child's health.
Articles 18 and 19 direct the Cabinet of Ministers to set the administrative, organizational, hardware and software measures for protecting children from harmful information, bar its circulation in public places without those measures, require printed material carrying it to be sold only in sealed packaging, and bar its distribution in institutions intended for children.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves under-18s.
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