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On 13 May 2025, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) launched a public consultation aimed at reviewing the guidelines on the prominence of audiovisual and radio media services of general interest (SGIs). It it worth remembering that the Italian AVMS Code provides that adequate prominence must be given to audiovisual and radio media services of general interest provided through any platform. The Italian AVMS Code then assigns to AGCOM the task of defining, by means of specific guidelines, the criteria for qualifying a service as a service of general interest, as well as the methods and...

On 12 May 2025, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) adopted the new technical and procedural measures that website operators and video-sharing platforms which disseminate adult content in Italy must adopt to verify the age of users (Regulation). The Regulation was adopted pursuant to Article 13-bis of Law Decree No. 123 of 15 September 2023 which provides that “minors are prohibited from accessing pornographic content, as it undermines their dignity and compromises their physical and mental well-being, constituting a public health issue”. That same provision then expressly...

The pool of entities recognised as trusted flaggers under Article 22 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) continues to expand. These entities are designated to support online platforms in identifying and countering the dissemination of illegal content, by virtue of their specific expertise and capabilities. In its capacity as the Digital Services Coordinator for Italy, AGCOM (the Italian Communications Authority) officially granted trusted flagger status on 8 April to the S.O.S Il Telefono Azzurro Foundation ETS (Telefono Azzurro Foundation), with particular reference to the 0–18 age group....

AGCOM, the Italian Communications Authority and Digital Services Coordinator, has officially approved the regulation on age verification for access to online platforms providing adult content. The measure aims to ensure minors are effectively protected from the dangers of the internet. The new regulation, annexed to Resolution No. 96/25/CONS, sets out the compulsory procedures for video-sharing platforms and websites offering adult content in Italy to verify users’ age (so-called age assurance or age verification). This initiative enforces Article 13-bis of Legislative Decree No. 123 of...

On 19 March 2025, AGCOM (Italy’s Communications Authority) issued the first two Italian authorisations for the provision of audiovisual media services via alternative communication networks (excluding digital terrestrial and satellite broadcasting) to Fast Channel Network S.r.l. for the channels “Soap Latino” and “Soap Turco”. These are free, linear television channels classified as FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channels, which operate over the Internet protocol (IP) and are, therefore, exclusively accessible via Internet-connected TVs. The...