Commission for Youth Media Protection

{{Short description|German state organisation regulating the exposure of children to mass media}}

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The Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (German: Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz, KJM) is a German state organisation that is intended to regulate the exposure of children to mass media. It is responsible for promoting compliance with the State Treaty on Youth Media Protection (German: Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag).

In February 2018 it commissioned research into loot boxes in video games,{{cite web | title=P(l)ay to win: Jugendschutz bei Lootboxen | website=KJM | date=2018-03-23 | url=https://www.kjm-online.de/service/pressemitteilungen/meldung?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=4607&cHash=79d68684a548c439adb4c8d91c11abfd | language=de | access-date=2022-05-07}} but concluded in March 2018 that loot boxes did not at that time constitute a specific threat to children.{{cite web | title=Lootboxen: Aufsichtsbehörde KJM gibt vorsichtige Entwarnung | website=GamesWirtschaft.de | date=2018-03-23 | url=https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/politik/lootboxen-kjm-jugendschutz-stellungnahme-maerz-2018/ | language=de | access-date=2022-05-07}}

In 2021, the organisation stated that it intended to block several Internet pornography websites for failing to implement age verification for access to their content.{{Cite magazine|last=Burgess|first=Matt|title=Germany is about to block one of the world's biggest porn sites|language=en-GB|magazine=Wired UK|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/germany-porn-laws-age-checks|access-date=2021-07-20|issn=1357-0978|date=2021-07-14}}