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At its meeting on 13 November 2025, the national media regulator of Moldova, the Audiovisual Council (CA), decided to impose a fine of 5 000 Moldavan leu (about €250) on the national public TV station Moldova-1, for violating the rights of minors. Violations were found, following investigation of the complaint by a private citizen, in the story broadcast as part of the 9 p.m. news bulletin Mesager (Messenger), on 19 September 2025. The story reported on the lack of teachers at kindergartens in Chisinau. Violations were confirmed in video sequences filmed inside a particular kindergarten...

On 4 November 2025, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority) introduced a special hotline for children (De Klachtenknop), allowing them to submit an anonymous tip if they believe that an influencer has uploaded sponsored content without labelling it as such. The initiative was launched on the occasion of the national Media Literacy Week, which took place from 7 to 14 November 2025. The Media Authority monitors the compliance of audiovisual media service providers with the Media Act 2008. Under Article 3a.5 of the act, all audiovisual commercial communications on a video platform...

The National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC), the body that acts in Spain as the audiovisual authority and, therefore, oversees compliance with Law No. 13/2022 of 7 July 2022, the General Law on Audiovisual Communication (LGCA), has imposed two fines on NBC Universal Global Networks España S.L.U. (NBCU), amounting to a total of €4 516. The reason for those sanctions was the broadcasting of audiovisual commercial communications that exceeded the time limits set out in Article 137.1 (a) and (b) of the LGCA. The sanctioning procedure began following a request submitted...

The sixth edition of the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report was published on 8 July 2025. It examines developments in the 27 EU member states and in four enlargement countries (Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) in four key areas: the justice system; the anti-corruption framework; media pluralism and freedom; and other institutional issues related to checks and balances. Based on contributions and country visits, the report delivers qualitative information on each country's situation since the previous edition. Alongside the report, the European Commission also...

AGCOM – Italy’s Communications Authority and designated Digital Services Coordinator – has formally adopted its Guidelines and Code of Conduct for Influencers. Given the relevance and innovative scope of the matter, AGCOM established a dedicated multi-stakeholder working group, involving representatives of the industry and institutional actors, to develop a shared framework. The draft text was subsequently submitted to a public consultation process at the end of 2024 (see IRIS 2025-1:1/18 and 2024-2:1/26). The final Guidelines revise the initial version adopted in 2024, integrating...