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At a time when the draft law aimed at protecting minors from the risks associated with using social networks is soon due to be examined by the joint committee, a note from the AI and Digital Council (Conseil de l'IA et du numérique - CIANum), published on 30 March, looks more specifically at the age control system that has been the subject of debate in parliament. It looks at the many risks to which minors are exposed on social networks, as well as current/planned regulations and their limitations. In this respect, the Council notes an international movement to regulate digital services...

Arcom received a referral in connection with the CNews broadcast in March 2025 of around twenty sequences devoted to the book Une nuit en France, relating to the tragedy that took place in Crépol in November 2023, during which a teenager was killed at a party. A judicial investigation is still underway into the homicide and attempted homicide by an organised gang. Some politicians and the media put forward the hypothesis of an anti-white racist crime, an interpretation criticised in the book, which led to the contentious sequences in which the book was described as a "rewrite"...

A number of academics, radio listeners and TV viewers, as well as candidates in the municipal elections, asked the interim relief judge of the Council of State (Conseil d'État) to order the French audiovisual regulator (Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique – Arcom) to use its powers of investigation and sanction against the services CNews and Europe 1 for failure to comply with its decision no. 2024-15 of 17 July 2024 concerning respect for the principle of pluralism of schools of thought and opinion. They argued that Arcom's...

In 2024, following a call for tenders for the allocation of terrestrial television services, some channels did not have their licences renewed (C8 and NRJ12), a number of new channels were authorised (including T18 and NOVO19) and Canal+ ceased broadcasting on DTT. Through decision no. 2025-01 of 9 January 2025, the French audiovisual regulator (Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique – Arcom) changed the allocation of "logical numbers" to terrestrial television services broadcast in mainland France in order to improve the...

In two decisions issued on 5 February 2026, the French audiovisual regulator (Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique – Arcom) ruled on two disputed sequences of the programme "L'Heure des Pros 2 Eté", broadcast on CNews on 8 and 12 August 2025. During the programme shown on 12 August 2025, a female columnist made comments associating all Palestinians with the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks of 7 October, describing them as "savages" and "appalling bloodthirsty people", and attributing...