Protection of Children for Video on Demand Streaming on the Internet regarding the Law No 6112

Abstract

The development of internet technology and the ease of internet use have impact on Video on Demand Streaming on the Internet. The rate of benefiting from the said technology is increasing day by day while the age of use is gradually decreasing. Legal and technical control and regulation of over the top services on the Internet should be considered important in order to minimize the negative consequences that children will be exposed to, as well as in the public interest. In this respect, the protection of children is accepted as a universal goal by all actors. Due to the fulfillment of the said purpose, obligations to integrate the parental control system are imposed on media service providers or internet platform operators that are about to broadcast in audiovisual media services in the national and international arena, and recommendations are made to the organizations at this point. This study questions whether current legislation provide efficient protection for chüldren regarding ahrmful content considering video on demand streaming on the internet. The media service provider or platform operator enforces parental control to ensure that children who want to access on-demand broadcast service content from the internet are protected from harmful or illegal content. In this study, the parental control system in over the top services from the internet, which has recently become popular and under the influence of audio-visual media services, will be discussed on the basis of legal regulations, international studies and practices.