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ERC analyzes numbers of the last two years. And it is concerned with the access of children and young people to pornography.
O soccer led the content consumed by Young public in the mediafollowing the trend of the general population, according to children and young people in the media in 2023 and 2024, released Monday by the regulatory entity for the media (ERC).
“[Em 2023] It is verified that, in the ranking of the 15 programs most seen by individuals aged between 4 and 14 years and 15 and 24 years, the soccer, namely the most decisive moments of competitions, followed by the presence of reality shows“, It is one of the conclusions of the study prepared by ERC, whose analysis of youth television hearings was based on data from the Marktest Provision of Media Studies Analysis (CAEM) for 2022, applying to open signal services.
In 2023, more assisted emission, between 4 and 14 yearsit was the transmission of a football game Qualification for the Euro 2024 of RTP1, on 9 August, with a quota of 41%.
Already in the age group of 15 to 24 yearsthe most evidenced football transmission was the Super Cup final Cândido de Oliveira da RTP1, on August 9, with a 56%audience quota.
From the analysis of the diversity of children’s/youth television programming in RTP1, RTP2, SIC, TVI and CMTV program services, ERC noted that in 2023 RTP1 exhibited smaller programs classified into five different genres, the most displayed genre, in duration, the child/youth educational, followed by the cartoons.
I and RTP2 It was fulfilled the task of issuing daily educational and entertainment programs intended for children and who contribute to their training, while the SIC, That “has an obligation to display programs every day preferably for children’s public, during the mornings or afternoons”, has not fully fulfilled it, “since in 88% of days of the year, SIC has not exhibited programs specifically dedicated to younger people.”
To fulfill the obligations stipulated in your license regarding this type of programming, the TVI It should include programs for children’s/youth audiences, on a daily basis, in the morning or afternoon, and ERC concluded that “this obligation was not fully fulfilled given the option of displaying these programs at dawn”.
Finally, “although it is a generalist program service in 2023, the CMTV It continues not to present any programs aimed at children’s audiences in their emission grids, ”said the report.
In the press, they aroused concern content moderation (resulting from readers’ comments), the rigor and objectivity of information, sensationalism, respect for the right to image and the reserve of the intimacy of the private life of the news in the news and the consideration of the superior interest of children in the exercise of editorial responsibility.
According to ERC, in 2024, the regulator stores the criminal rules issued in morning entertainment spaces, fictional content (soap operas) and daily information using violent images that, despite their informative value, would recommend a prior warning.
Mass “Greater concern” of ERC there is no effective mechanisms to verify the age of users on video sharing platforms – which facilitates the Access of children and young people to pornographic content.
The report warns that it is urgent to “improve age verification mechanisms” in these online services.
“A critical point identified in the steps developed by ERC was that the contents in question are fully available when accessing websites, which becomes relevant,” reads the document.
