IE OSC Online Safety Code, Part A s 10 (para 10.6(j)) - Effective media literacy measures and tools and users' awareness of…
Provide effective media literacy measures and tools, raise users' awareness of them, and publish an annually updated media literacy action plan
Where this comes from
Provision: Online Safety Code, Part A s 10 (para 10.6(j)) - Effective media literacy measures and tools and users' awareness of them; Part B s 17 (para 17.1) - Annually updated media literacy action plan; s 11 (definition of media literacy)
Instrument: Ireland Online Safety Code
Citation: Coimisiun na Mean Online Safety Code (2024), Part A s 10, para 10.6(j) (applied from 19 November 2024); Part B s 17, para 17.1 (applied from 21 July 2025); s 11 ('media literacy')
Text version: Coimisiun na Mean Online Safety Code, adopted 10 October 2024 under Section 139K of the Broadcasting Act 2009 as amended by the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; Part A applied from 19 November 2024 and Part B from 21 July 2025 (dates determined by the Commission; cnam.ie); retrieved from cnam.ie on 2026-09-21.
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Irish Code assessed scope Q_IE_OSC_IN_SCOPE: YES
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 Online Safety Code, Part A s 10 (para 10.6(j)) - Effective media liter… apply to my service?
- It applies when Irish Code assessed scope Q_IE_OSC_IN_SCOPE: YES.
- From when does this apply?
- IE OSC Online Safety Code, Part A s 10 (para 10.6(j)) - Effective media liter… applies from 19 November 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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