Description:
The session will open with a segment that will identify: (1) Viewers, and particularly minors, are moving from traditional TV to the video serviced on-demand (VoD) and video-service platforms (VSP), (2) the legal framework protects minors more on TV than on on-demand services and certainly than in the online world and (3) minors need to be more protected by restricting access to any kind of harmful content. (5 minutes) Experts and policy makers will present the challenges and needs arising at an international level in the context of child online safety in the audiovisual context. They will focus in particular on the content protection measures such as age rating and parental controls, protecting children from harmful content, protecting children from unfair commercial practices related to online advertising and actions taken to limit illegal and harmful content online. Moreover, they will describe the current state of how the protection of minors is regulated. Specifically, they will describe the actions that their countries/Unions have taken in that direction, and/ or their intentions for the future, by taking into account that innovation will not be stifled. (20 minutes) Furthermore, representative from NETFLIX, will discuss the provisions that the platform has taken into the directions of: Protecting minors from potentially harmful content; Protecting minors from the most harmful content, such as extreme violence and pornography; Personal data protection of minors that should not be used for commercial purposes; Respect on advertising rules and indication when user generated video has advertising purpose.(20 minutes) After the presentations by experts, policy makers, and the industry, a youth representative will raise her voice to describe her perspective of the matter. (10 minutes) Then the floor will be opened to the audience, by facilitating group discussions led by representatives of civil society and youth. The first group will discuss what (more) measures should be taken from policy makers and the industry about protection of minors from harmful content, and the second group will discuss unfair commercial practices related to online advertising and how to reduce children's exposure to ads that promote unhealthy habits. (20 minutes). Finally, the rapporteurs from each working group will give a summary of what was discussed and the audience will have time to ask questions to the panel.(15 minutes)