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On 30 January 2026, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument en Markt - ACM) launched an investigation into Roblox, an online game platform and game creation system, in relation to possible risks faced by minors on this platform in the EU. In its investigation, ACM will assess whether the game platform complies with Article 28 of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires providers of online platforms accessible to minors to put in place appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security of minors, on their service. Roblox...

On 4 November 2025, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority) introduced a special hotline for children (De Klachtenknop), allowing them to submit an anonymous tip if they believe that an influencer has uploaded sponsored content without labelling it as such. The initiative was launched on the occasion of the national Media Literacy Week, which took place from 7 to 14 November 2025. The Media Authority monitors the compliance of audiovisual media service providers with the Media Act 2008. Under Article 3a.5 of the act, all audiovisual commercial communications on a video platform...

On 2 October 2025, the District Court of Amsterdam issued a ruling in the summary proceedings (kort geding) brought against Meta by digital rights organisation Bits of Freedom. The court found that Meta had violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to preserve the user’s choice of a chronological feed and ordered it to ensure that Dutch users could retain a non-algorithmic recommender system when reopening the app or website or navigating to other sections thereof. Under the DSA, all providers of online platforms must ensure the transparency of their recommender systems...

On 28 May 2025, the Dutch Media Authority published a new policy rule on the classification of on-demand commercial media services (2025 Policy Rule). It replaces the previous policy rule adopted in 2022, which covered a narrower group of video uploaders subject to the active supervision of the Media Authority. The final version of the 2025 Policy Rule reflects the outcomes of public consultation that followed the publication of the draft in March 2025 (IRIS 2025-4:1/15). The 2025 Policy Rule aims to put into effect the provisions of the Dutch Media Act of 2008. This act was amended in 2020...

On 16 June 2025, the District Court of Central Netherlands issued a preliminary relief ruling, holding that the Dutch public broadcaster AVROTROS does not have to grant the Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media) access to two confidential research reports concerning workplace safety. The request for preliminary relief was brought by AVROTROS following the Media Authority’s request to inspect the reports regarding social safety and governance within the organisation drawn up by external parties in 2023. These reports formed the basis for AVROTROS’s action plan, which...