Recommendation 1882 (2009)1 The promotion of Internet and online
media services appropriate for minors 1. Twenty years after the
idea of setting up the World Wide Web was conceived at the
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recalls the
decision of the heads of state and government, taken at their
3rd Summit in Warsaw in 2005, that the Council of Europe should
pursue work on children in the information society, in
particular as regards developing their media literacy skills and
ensuring their protection against harmful content. 2. The
Internet has enhanced opportunities for information and
communication in an unprecedented way. The new technological
dimension in information and data exchanges does not alter the
established standards of freedom of expression and information,
which also include proportional legal restrictions necessary in
a democratic society for the protection of minors. 3. The
Internet constitutes an increasingly impo