Online safety & content laws in Monaco (2026)
Online safety rules in Monaco: partial.
Monaco is not an EU member state and has no comprehensive online safety law equivalent to the EU Digital Services Act or the UK Online Safety Act. It operates a partial regime combining a GDPR-aligned data protection law (including age-consent rules for minors under 15 on information society services), cybersecurity obligations reinforced in 2025, and specific duties on technical service providers regarding unlawful and terrorist content online. Broader online safety measures for minors, including platform-level age verification, remain under active public debate as of early 2026, with no dedicated legislation enacted.
Legal framework
Law No. 1.565 of 3 December 2024 (data protection / information society services); Law No. 1.578 of 1 July 2025 (digital amendments including content-dissemination obligations); Autorité de Protection des Données Personnelles (APDP)
Key points: internet & online safety in Monaco
Data protection / information society services
Law No. 1.565 of 3 December 2024 aligns Monaco's framework with GDPR and imposes parental-consent requirements for minors under 15 accessing information society services, with enforcement delegated to the newly created APDP (replacing the former CCIN).
Content-dissemination obligations on platforms
Law No. 1.578 of 1 July 2025 reinforced measures required of technical service providers regarding the dissemination of content relating to serious offences against persons, incitement to terrorism and its apology, and other unlawful activities, Monaco's closest analogue to platform content-moderation duties.
Cybersecurity obligations for vital operators
Law No. 1.578 also strengthened cybersecurity duties for operators of vital importance (OIVs), including mandatory security standards, incident-notification requirements, regular controls, and penalties up to €150,000 per infraction for individuals (five times that for legal entities).
No DSA-equivalent domestic law
Monaco has not enacted its own platform-liability or systemic content-moderation law comparable to the EU DSA. EU DSA obligations reach Monaco-headquartered platforms only insofar as they target EU-located users, enforced through EU mechanisms, not Monaco's own regulators.
Minors online / age-verification gap
As of January 2026, Monaco faces an active public debate about protecting minors on social media, with experts noting that platform age verification 'is not done properly.' No dedicated age-verification law for online platforms has been passed; Monaco's offline response has been a school smartphone ban (Year 6 through high school) since the 2025 school year.
EU alignment and adequacy pursuit
Monaco formally renewed its request for an EU data-protection adequacy decision in early 2025, with the European Commission currently reviewing its framework. Monaco's digital regulation broadly tracks EU standards by design, though without formal EU membership or automatic regulation applicability.
Sources
- en.gouv.mc/Princely-Governement/News/Monaco-adopts-personal-data-protection-legi
- 99avocats.com/en/publications/law-no-1-565-of-3-december-2024-on-the-protection-of-
- 99avocats.com/en/publications/law-no-1-578-of-1-july-2025-amending-various-digital-
- cms.law/en/int/expert-guides/cms-expert-guide-to-data-protection-and-cyber-se
- en.gouv.mc/Policy-Practice/Security/Digital-Security
- monaco-tribune.com/en/2026/01/protecting-minors-on-social-media-monaco-faces-digital-cha
- hellomonaco.com/news/latest-news/raising-the-digital-age-why-europe-and-monaco-are-re
- digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/digital-services-act
- dlapiperdataprotection.com/index.html?t=law&c=MC
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