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On 3 March 2023, the Autoriteit Consument en Markt (Netherlands Authority for Consumer and Markets — ACM) announced a significant decision, prohibiting RTL’s proposed acquisition of Talpa (see IRIS 2022-3/18). RTL Nederland is a television broadcaster, content producer, and provider of video on-demand services; while Talpa Network is a radio and television broadcaster, operator of various online platforms, and publisher of magazines and games. The ACM decided to prohibit the acquisition, because otherwise “too powerful a party would arise in the Dutch media landscape”. According...

On 15 February 2023, an important debate of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Digital Affairs on data-ethics was held, where various Dutch MPs expressed their concerns about the use of TikTok on government mobile devices. It was not the first time that the government use of TikTok has been a topic of discussion in Dutch politics. The Committee debate followed previous advice from the Public Information and Communications Service of the Ministry of General Affairs in September 2022 "to suspend the use of TikTok at the central government level until TikTok has adjusted its data protection...

On 1 February 2023, the new Code voor Duurzaamheidsreclame (Code for Sustainability Advertising) came into effect, having been published by the Stichting Reclame Code (Dutch Advertising Code Foundation — SRC), the self-regulatory body for advertising, including broadcast advertising, in the Netherlands (see IRIS 2022-2/15). The new Code replaces the Milieu Reclame Code (Environmental Advertising Code) which related only to environmental claims, and now applies to both environmental claims and ethical claims, such as claims related to working conditions, animal welfare or corporate social...

On 1 February 2023, the Commissariaat voor de media (Dutch Media Authority) published an important new Policy Rule for the designation procedure for local broadcasters. The Media Authority drew up the new Policy Rule to provide municipalities and (potential) local broadcasters with more clarity and guidance during the designation procedure. This is the procedure to be followed when determining whether an applicant (partly on the basis of advice from a municipal council) receives a designation as a local broadcaster from the Media Authority. The policy rule came into effect on 1 February 2023. Under...

On 23 December 2022, the Dutch government announced a significant new strategy on disinformation, which will involve three different government ministries. The new strategy on disinformation was contained in a Letter to Parliament on behalf of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Kingdom Relations (Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties), the State Secretary on Kingdom Relations and Digitisation (Koninkrijksrelaties en Digitalisering), the Minister of Justice and Security (Justitie en Veiligheid), and the State Secretary for Culture and Media (Cultuur en Media). Crucially, the government emphasised...