[FYI] German law shields children from content

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

http://www.computeruser.com/news/03/04/03/news5.html

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German law shields children from content 

By Washington Internet Daily via NewsEdge.  

April 03, 2003  

Germany became the first country in Europe to enact legislation 
protecting minors from harmful media content. The Treaty on Human 
Rights & the Protection of Minors in Broadcasting and 
Telecommunication Media creates a new central commission for 
decisions on illegal and harmful media and Web content. The new 
version of Germany's Minor Protection Law, moreover, introduces much 
stricter rules for computer games. Other countries in Europe are 
watching Germany closely and could follow its lead, said Harald Summa 
of the Electronic Commerce Forum, an association of German ISPs.  

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