The aim of this Code of Conduct of Chat Providers is to improve youth protection in chat rooms in Germany. This Sub-Code of Conduct is an expression of the awareness and voluntary engagement of the commercial providers of chat rooms gathered in the Voluntary Self-Monitoring of Multimedia Providers FSM e.V. The Code of Conduct is solely applicable for German chat providers and for internationally active companies within their German chat offers. It constitutes a final agreement for chats.