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IRIS 2025-4:1/5 [FR] Prime Minister’s TikTok ban in New Caledonia overturned as disproportionate infringement of freedom of expression

La Quadrature du net, the Ligue des droits de l'homme, residents of New Caledonia and others asked the Conseil d’Etat (Council of State), on the grounds of abuse of power, to annul the French prime minister’s decision of 14 May 2024 to interrupt access to the online public communication service TikTok in New Caledonia due to exceptional circumstances. The prime minister lifted this measure on 29 May 2024. At the same time, a decree issued by the Council of Ministers on 15 May 2024 declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia with effect from the same day. This ended 12 days later,...

IRIS 2025-4:1/9 [FR] Conseil d'État upholds ARCOM decision not to renew NRJ 12 and C8 licences

NRJ 12 and C8 asked the Conseil d'Etat (Council of State) to annul the decision taken by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) not to renew their digital terrestrial television licences on the grounds that it had exceeded its powers. They also requested the annulment of ARCOM’s decision to grant licences to Ouest-France TV and CMI France, as well as its decision not to allocate all the frequencies mentioned in the call for applications after the Canal Plus group announced it was removing...

IRIS 2025-3:1/5 [FR] Seventeen pornographic websites ordered to prevent access by minors

Amended by the Loi visant à sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique (Law aiming to secure and regulate the digital space) of 21 May 2024, Articles 10 et seq. of the Loi pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique (Law on confidence in the digital economy) gave the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) the power to impose financial penalties against and block or delist pornographic websites that remain accessible to minors in violation of Article 227-24...

IRIS 2025-3:1/8 [FR] Release window agreement extended as Disney+ and Canal+ pledge their support for French cinema

The decree issued by the Ministry of Culture publishing the release window agreement of 6 February 2025 extends for three years the previous agreement signed in 2022, which has now expired. Although the parties wished to maintain the general principles of the previous agreement, the position of individual broadcasters may change depending on their commitment to film funding. The 2022 agreement, which has now been renewed, shortened the distribution time for films following their release in cinemas to four months for sales and rentals (DVD, VOD, Blu-ray), six months for Canal+ and OCS (compared...

IRIS 2025-2:1/17 [FR] Surreptitious advertising: Conseil d’Etat reduces fine imposed by ARCOM on C8

The provider of the C8 TV channel asked the Conseil d’Etat (Council of State) to annul the decision issued by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) on 21 June 2023 fining it EUR 120,000 for programmes broadcast in 2022 and EUR 80,000 for programmes broadcast in 2023 that had breached the ban on surreptitious advertising. Article 9 of the decree of 27 March 1992, issued in accordance with Articles 27 and 33 of the Law of 30 September 1986 laying down the general principles defining the...