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  "node_id": "de-jugendschutzgesetz-juschg-stgb-184-restricted-content-bzkj",
  "title": "Germany Jugendschutzgesetz (JuSchG) and StGB § 184 - Youth Protection Act §§ 1, 4, 12, 14, 15, 18, 24a, 24b, 24c, 27, 28; Strafgesetzbuch § 184; BzKJ (Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz) Enforcement",
  "domain": "Cybersecurity",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-03",
  "bluf": "The German Jugendschutzgesetz (JuSchG - Youth Protection Act) and Strafgesetzbuch (StGB - Criminal Code) § 184 form the federal-level legal regime in Germany governing the distribution of media that may endanger or restrict minors. The JuSchG was last amended on 6 May 2024 (BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 149 Art. 12) and is published at gesetze-im-internet.de/juschg. Key sections include § 1 (Definitions - children are persons under 14, adolescents are persons aged 14 to under 18, media includes both physical carriers Trägermedien and digital services digitale Dienste); § 12 (age classification Altersfreigabe for films and computer games on physical carriers); § 14 (age labels - the five-tier system: ohne Altersbeschränkung, ab 6, ab 12, ab 16, keine Jugendfreigabe); § 15 (jugendgefährdende Medien - media that endanger minors - distribution to minors is prohibited); § 18 (the Liste jugendgefährdender Medien - the federal index of youth-endangering media maintained by the BzKJ); § 24a (Vorsorgemaßnahmen - precautionary measures for telemedia providers and digital service providers including age verification, complaint mechanisms, and privacy protections); § 24b and § 24c (enforcement by the BzKJ - Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz); § 27 (criminal penalties including imprisonment up to one year or fines for distribution offences); § 28 (administrative fines up to 5 million euro for non-compliance with BzKJ orders). The Strafgesetzbuch § 184 (Verbreitung pornographischer Inhalte) criminalises offering, supplying, or making available pornographic content to a person under 18 (an einer Person unter achtzehn Jahren anbietet, überläßt oder zugänglich macht) and parallel acts including unsolicited distribution, public promotion, public screenings for a fee, and certain export acts with imprisonment up to one year or a fine. The Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (JMStV - Inter-State Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media) and the KJM (Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz) operate at the Länder level alongside the federal JuSchG and StGB regimes; an operator with German users must satisfy all three layers simultaneously.",
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      "juschg_section_18_index_list",
      "juschg_section_24a_precautionary_measures",
      "juschg_section_24b_24c_enforcement",
      "juschg_section_27_criminal_penalties",
      "juschg_section_28_administrative_fines",
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    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    "eu-avmsd-article-28a-28b-video-sharing-platform-minors-protection",
    "eu-dsa-article-28-online-protection-of-minors",
    "eu-eidas-2-digital-identity-wallet-2024-1183",
    "it-caivano-decree-article-13-bis-agcom-96-25-cons-age-verification",
    "uk-ofcom-highly-effective-age-assurance-guidance-2025-osa-part-5"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 9
}