Organisation
The KJM – a body of the state media authorities
The KJM ensures that the provisions of the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media (JMStV) are adhered to. In so doing, it acts as a body of the respective state media authority fulfilling its remit. The KJM analyses whether the provisions of the JMStV have been breached and decides on measures to be taken against the media content provider. The decisions are then implemented by the media authority which is in charge of the respective provider.
Structure
The plenary of the KJM comprises 12 members including six representatives of the state media authorities, four representatives of the highest state authorities for the protection of minors and two experts appointed by the highest federal authority for the protection of minors.
Chairman
Siegfried Schneider
Deputy Chairman
Andreas Fischer
Chairman’s Office and Administrative Office of the KJM
The office of the chairman of the KJM was set up in October 2003; it is located in the Bavarian media authority (Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien, BLM). The chairman’s office is in charge of dealing with content issues, matters of principle and public relations for the KJM. In December 2003, the administrative office of the KJM went operational in Erfurt, dealing with organisation and coordinating matters.
Organisational links
To ensure a close interconnection of the organisations dealing with the control of telemedia, the JMStV provides for close cooperation between the KJM, jugendschutz.net and the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons (BPjM). jugendschutz.net is linked to the KJM in its organisation and provides support concerning internet research. For its decisions on applications for listing media content, the BPjM requests assessments by the KJM; the KJM is entitled to file listing applications with the BPjM.