12 rating refers to a type of age-based
content rating
A content rating (also known as maturity rating) rates the suitability of TV shows, movies, comic books, or video games to this primary targeted audience. A content rating usually places a media source into one of a number of different categories, ...
that applies to media entertainment, such as films, television shows and computer games. The following articles document the rating across a range of countries and mediums:
Classification organizations
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Brazilian advisory rating system
The Brazilian Advisory Rating ( pt, Classificação Indicativa, abbreviated ClassInd) is a content rating system for the classification of movies, games and television programs. The ClassInd rating system is controlled by the Advisory Rating Coor ...
(12)
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British Board of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of f ...
(12 and 12A)
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Central Board of Film Certification
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...
(UA – 12 equivalent)
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Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media (CSM) is an organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children. (12+)
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Computer Entertainment Rating Organization
The (CERO) is a Japanese entertainment rating organization based in Tokyo that rates video game content in console games with levels of ratings that informs the customer(s) of the nature of the product and what age group it is suitable for. It ...
(B – 12 equivalent)
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Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía
The ''Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía'' (General Directorate of Radio, Television and Film), known by its acronym RTC, is an agency of the Mexican Secretariat of the Interior (SEGOB). It rates films and television progra ...
(B – 12 equivalent)
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Eirin (PG-12)
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Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft
The Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (FSK, ''Self-Regulatory Body of the Movie Industry'') is a German motion picture rating system organization run by the '' Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft'' (SPIO, Head Organisation of the M ...
(12)
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Irish Film Classification Office (12 and 12A)
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Korea Media Rating Board
The Korea Media Rating Board (; KMRB) is a public organization that classifies films, videos, and other motion pictures into age-based ratings and recommends domestic performances of foreign artists. Through these rating systems, the Korea Media ...
(12)
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National Audiovisual Institute (Finland)
National Audiovisual Institute ( fi, Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen instituutti; sv, Nationella audiovisuella institutet or ') is a governmental bureau under the Finnish Ministry of Education responsible for supervising the distribution of audiovisu ...
(12)
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National Bureau of Classification (NBC) (12+)
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Norwegian Media Authority
The Norwegian Media Authority ( no, Medietilsynet) is a Norwegian government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Equality charged with various tasks relating to broadcasting, newspapers and films. It enforces rules on content, adve ...
(12)
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Pan European Game Information
PEGI () or Pan-European Game Information is a European video game content rating system established to help European consumers make informed decisions when buying video games or apps through the use of age recommendations and content descripto ...
(12)
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Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (''Entertainment Software Self-Regulation'', abbreviated USK) is the organisation responsible for video game ratings in Germany. In Austria, it is mandatory in the state of Salzburg, while PEGI is mandat ...
(12)
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General Commission for Audiovisual Media
The General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM; ar, الهيئة العامة للإعلام المرئي والمسموع, Al-Hayʾah Al-ʿĀmmah Lil-ʾIʿlām Al-Marʾiyy wal-Masmūʿ) is a government organization in Saudi Arabia. It was fo ...
(Saudi Arabia) (12+)
Systems
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Motion picture content rating system
A motion picture content rating system classifies films based on their suitability for audiences due to their treatment of issues such as sex, violence, or substance abuse; their use of profanity; or other matters typically deemed unsuitable for c ...
, a range of classification systems for films that commonly use the age 12 as part of its regulatory criteria
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Television content rating system
Television content rating systems are systems for evaluating the content and reporting the suitability of television programs for minors. Many countries have their own television rating system and countries' rating processes vary by local prio ...
, a range of classification systems for television broadcasts that commonly use the age 12 as part of its regulatory criteria
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Video game content rating system
A video game content rating system is a Content rating, system used for the classification of video games based on suitability for target audiences. Most of these systems are associated with and/or sponsored by a government, and are sometimes par ...
, a range of classification systems for video games that commonly use the age 12 as part of its regulatory criteria
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Mobile software content rating system, a range of classification systems for mobile software that commonly use the age 12 as part of its regulatory criteria
See also
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12A (disambiguation) 12A may refer to:
* Media content ratings including the following:
**12A issued by the British Board of Film Classification
***PG-12, the forerunner to the 12A classification, documented at History of British film certificates
**12A issued by the I ...
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History of British film certificates
This article chronicles the history of British film certificates.
Overview
The UK's film ratings are decided by the British Board of Film Classification and have been since 1912. Previously, there were no agreed rating standards, and local counci ...
(PG-12)
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Censorship in France
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