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Sculpture of King Baudouin outside the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels. Due to the influence of the Catholic Church, and the personal faith of King Baudouin, Belgium remained one of a small number of European countries where abortion was illegal after liberal changes in the law in other jurisdictions in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Pay TV, formerly Canal + Belgique, with the channels Be 1, Be 1 +1, Be Ciné, Be Be Séries, VOOsport World (1-4) French: Cable networks in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders - (HD version of Be 1 and VOOsport World 1) Be Ciné: Pay TV, movies channel French: Cable networks in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders - (HD version of Be Ciné) Be Séries
Pornography in Belgium is legal. Pornographic products, mainly magazines and DVDs, are typically imported into the country from France, Germany, the Netherlands, or from North America.
Belgium has three public broadcasters, one for each national language. The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) for the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community (); The Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) for the French Community of Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels)
Internet in Belgium has a high level of adoption and engagement, with a 93% uptake rate among individuals as of 2022, higher than the EU average of 89%. The country is on par with the EU average regarding digital skills, with 54% of its population having at least basic digital competencies.
The three Belgian Communities – Dutch, French and German-speaking – have legal responsibility for audiovisual communication. They constitute separate markets, the common feature of which is the fact that they have been extensively cabled for three decades and are thus able to receive neighbouring countries' channels.
In August 2010, a Social-Democrat Senator, Lia Olguța Vasilescu, proposed a law to ban the usage of profanity on the internet forums of the Romanian press, requiring the online press to moderate the content. Accused of wanting to protect the politicians from criticism, she replied that the purpose of her law is for the protection of children ...