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On 9 August 2023, Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, published its first report on video-sharing platforms’ (VSPs) user policies. The report highlights examples of good practice, but also underscores the need for VSPs to simplify their terms, improve communication of content guidelines, and enhance training for content moderators to create a safer online environment. Background Ofcom was appointed as the regulator for UK-established video-sharing platforms (VSPs) in November 2020. The Communications Act 2003 lists measures that VSP providers must take, as appropriate, to...

On 20 June 2023, the Irish national regulatory authority - Coimisiún na Meán – published its first work programme. The Commission was established in March 2023, succeeding to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was dissolved under the provisions of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022. The work programme runs until February 2024 and includes the following main objectives: - Implementing new regulatory regimes for how online service providers deal with harmful and illegal content - Regulating broadcasting and on-demand services - Supporting...

On 10 January 2023, Ofcom launched its enforcement programme into age assurance measures on UK-established adult video-sharing platforms (VSP) – the goal of which is to look at age assurance measures in place on VSPs specialising in adult content under Ofcom’s jurisdiction. Ofcom may launch so-called enforcement programmes to look at a problem or area of concern relating to a particular group of stakeholders – in this case VSPs – or to a whole sector. The launch of the programme coincided with Ofcom entering the second year of the VSP regime, following the October 2022...

On 9 May 2023, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority ) - CvdM) announced the results of a notable supervisory investigation into video-uploader compliance in the Netherlands, with rules under the Mediawet (Media Act) transposing the revised EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) (see IRIS 2019-1/3 and IRIS 2021-1/24). This follows a high-profile announcement in May 2022 that the CvdM would be monitoring video-uploaders under its new Policy Rule for the qualification of commercial on-demand services in 2022, which clarified which video-uploaders must register with the Media...

In May 2023, two German media regulators published reports examining past and ongoing challenges in the fields of youth protection and the safeguarding of diversity in the media. On 12 May, the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media – KJM) published its 10th activity report covering the period from March 2021 to February 2023. Meanwhile, the Kommission zur Ermittlung der Konzentration im Medienbereich (Commission on Concentration in the Media – KEK) published its 24th annual report, covering 2022, on 15 May. According to the KJM’s...