Here is an interesting little snippet from
the
proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on
the protection of minors and human dignity
Amendment 7
"Legislative measures need to be laid down at
European Union level on the protection of the physical, mental and moral
development of minors in relation to the content of all audiovisual and
information services, adopting measures against the circulation of illegal
content and protecting access by minors to adult programmes or services."
The motivation for this is:
"The audiovisual and information media
have brought information of all kinds within the reach of minors, and the
content of and access to this information must be in keeping with their
physical, mental and moral development."
This raises a very interesting point. How do EU parliamentarians decide on what constitutes "moral development"? Will the Irish delegates want the ban on positive abortion information which applies there to encompas all? Will the the Swedish delegates want to class T-shirts as "media" and ban all that have a hammer and sickel as decoration? Will the (fill in your favourite here)?
The document deserves to be read and examined. Its implications for the freedom of expression and the construction of an EU "morality" are broad and possibly far reaching.
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