Germany: Introduced Second Law amending the Youth Protection Act including service access restrictions
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Introduced Second Law amending the Youth Protection Act including service access restrictions
On 16 October 2020, the Second Law amending the Youth Protection Act, including service access restrictions, was introduced to the German Parliament. In particular, the Law would require online service providers with over 1 million users in Germany…
Scope
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, streaming service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2020-10-16
under deliberation
2021-03-26
adopted