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Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market for Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (the Digital Services Act – DSA), a landmark piece of legislation and a new world-leading regulatory framework, entered into force on 16 November 2022. Within the context of the DSA and in order to ensure efficient enforcement of the same, each member state had to designate a Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) – a national authority, independent of government that is in charge of all matters relating to the application and...

The December 2021 amendment of the Law on Radio and Television Organisations 7(I)/1998 transposed the Audio Visual Media Services Directive 2018/1808/EU into national law of the Republic of Cyprus (RoC). Upon the transposition and the enactment of the new law, the Cyprus Radio Television Authority (CRTA) became the competent authority for securing and enforcing compliance of Video Sharing Platform (VSP) providers under its jurisdiction with the regulatory provisions. It is reminded that some of the biggest, in terms of revenues and users, VSP providers that distribute adult entertainment content...

An amendment to the Law on Radio and Television Organisations has abolished the 25% ceiling of capital shareholding in a radio or television licensee, allowing a person, legal or natural, to own 100% of a licensee's capital share. The amendment was introduced with a law proposal by a deputy of the Democratic Party – DIKO (Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα – ΔΗΚΟ) submitted in September 2021. The law proposal, reported in IRIS 2021-10:1/18, was modified and reformulated in May 2023 while the matter...

On 24 March 2023, in order to meet the challenges of protecting young people in the media in the 21st century, media regulators from Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Cyprus set up an international working group on age verification, which will meet regularly to exchange information about topical issues related to youth protection in the media. They published a joint statement that sets out the main elements of their future cooperation. The working group’s current members are the French Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique...

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Radio Television Authority ("the Authority") against a decision of the Administrative Court, ordering the cancellation of a fine against Antenna Television issued in 2012. The reason given by the Administrative Court for the cancellation of the fine, was the decision of the Authority to accept only written testimony from service providers when examining cases of violation of the law. The facts are as follows: The Authority had been examining a case against Antenna for violating regulations related to the...