translated from Spanish: Appeals Court upheld million-dollar fine to “Against Wind and Tide” program

The Court of Appeals of Santiago upheld the decision of the National Television Council that sanctioned a fine of 10 million to Channel 13, after disseminating the result of the DNA examination of an underage girl. After the “Against Wind and Marea” showing the DNA result of a minor on October 21 last year, the Second Chamber of the high court did not give rise to the appeal by the television channel for what confirmed the fine. The ruling cites that “in compliance with the previous rule the Council issued on 28 March 2016, the General Rules on Content of Television Broadcasts and article 8 provides: The disclosure of the identity of children under 18 years of age who are authors is prohibited , accomplices, cover-ups or witnesses of crimes, or of any other antecedent that unequivocally leads to it. This prohibition shall also apply to children who are alleged victims of crime and children whose television display, taken into account in the context, may result in damage to their development or their physical or psychic integrity””In effect, the display of the procedure in which a 1-year-old girl was taken a DNA examination, showing her image, violates the best interests of the girl, enshrined in the national and international order, since it is exposed, albeit for brief moments, to the observant public of the this way, the dignity of that girl, which is the foundation and foundation of her fundamental rights,” is the basis of this way.

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