MINORS AND MEDIA LEGISLATION

Abstract

The media, as a means of information, significantly contribute to the realization of fundamental human rights and freedoms. The realization of media rights is a condition for the existence of democracy, so the media are often said to be the "oxygen of democracy". The media are also called the fourth power, specified for the supervision and control of the other three. Modern trends in life and technological development have, in addition to traditional media, given rise to the so-called. new media, whose regulations the legislator has not implemented in the law of the Republic of Serbia. The flow of information, and with it disinformation, has never been more intense. The development of the Internet and the opportunities it has brought, the digitalization of the media, and more recently the increasingly applicable artificial intelligence, have confronted civilization with numerous temptations, dangers and problems. No one is spared from the dangers of the Internet, not even the youngest and most vulnerable users. In this paper, the author will focus on the processing of positive legal solutions that regulate the position of minors in media laws, with a brief review of the factual situation and challenges that are not covered by the legal framework. The dynamics of life and the constant development of technology pose a difficult task for the legislative authority, because law, as a static scientific discipline, cannot predict and regulate every life situation that occurs in the information age in which we live.