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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-1351/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/1351",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 1351/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a multiannual Community programme on protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-1351",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Objective of the programme",
  "text": "1. This Decision establishes a Community programme to promote safer use of the Internet and other communication technologies, particularly for children, and to fight against illegal content and harmful conduct online.\nThe programme shall be known as the ‘Safer Internet’ programme (‘the Programme’).\n2. The following action lines shall be addressed:\n(a) ensuring public awareness;\n(b) fighting against illegal content and harmful conduct online;\n(c) promoting a safer online environment;\n(d) establishing a knowledge base.\nThe activities to be carried out under these action lines are set out in Annex I.\nThe Programme shall be implemented in accordance with Annex III.\n3. For the purpose of this Decision ‘children’ means persons under 18 years of age, unless the relevant national law confers on them, under certain conditions, full legal capacity under that age.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/1351/article/1",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}