IE OSC Part A - General Obligations, Section 6
Promote media literacy through user education tools and support for media literacy initiatives, with particular focus on children and young people
Where this comes from
Provision: Part A - General Obligations, Section 6
Instrument: Ireland Online Safety Code
Citation: Online Safety Code (Coimisiun na Mean), Part A, Section 6 - Media Literacy Obligations, made under the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022, Section 139K
Text version: Coimisiún na Meán Online Safety Code (2024), made under the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (irishstatutebook.ie)
Who it applies to
Child audience (designed for OR likely accessed by children) — any one of these:
- Service is specifically designed for children under 18
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
Remaining applicability scope — all of these:
- Service allows user-generated content
- Youngest user age is Under 13 or 13-15
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Users, especially children and young people, are given tools/information to critically evaluate content and understand risks
- In-product safety education and signposting to safe-use guidance are provided
- The service supports or promotes recognized media-literacy initiatives (e.g., Coimisiun na Mean campaigns)
- Reach and effectiveness of media-literacy measures are tracked
- System handles null/empty input gracefully (no 500 errors)
Questions people ask
- Does IE OSC Part A - General Obligations, Section 6 apply to my service?
- It applies when at least one of: Service is specifically designed for children under 18; Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18; and Service allows user-generated content; Youngest user age is Under 13 or 13-15.
- From when does this apply?
- IE OSC Part A - General Obligations, Section 6 applies from 15 February 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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