Overview

• The Munich Administrative Court on June 5 rejected an emergency appeal by the Cyprus-based operator to lift blocks for one leading ISP, keeping the BLM’s year-old access restrictions intact.
• Late-April rulings by the Berlin and Rhineland-Palatinate administrative courts also dismissed similar appeals against the provider-level blocks.
• The Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien ordered ISPs to block the sites last year after finding their age verification processes insufficient to prevent underage access.
• Marc Jan Eumann of the Rhineland-Palatinate Media Authority hailed the decisions as clear enforcement of youth protection obligations.
• The operator may appeal to the Bavarian Higher Administrative Court and is preparing for fuller main proceedings as the legal dispute continues.