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In an application based on Articles 6, 6(3) and 6(4) of the Law of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (LCEN), ARCOM brought an action before the president of the Paris Court of first instance in an expedited procedure on the merits, requesting that the main internet service providers (Orange, Free, Free Mobile, SFR, SFR Fibre, Bouygues Telecom) be ordered to take all appropriate measures to prevent access from French territory to the watchpeopledie.tv website. It maintains that this site is dedicated to the broadcasting of images of deliberate attacks on the integrity of the person...

On 4 December 2025, the Commission on Television and Radio of the Republic of Armenia (CTR) adopted a decision to discontinue an administrative proceeding against Shark LLC, the broadcaster of the television programme 5th Channel, in connection with the coverage of a tragic event involving children. The issue at stake was whether the manner in which minors were shown in the coverage of a child’s death complied with the legal safeguards for the protection of children in audiovisual media. The case followed an exercise involving the monitoring of a programme broadcast on 5 November...

During its 28th plenary meeting held between 3 and 5 December 2025, the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) adopted a policy document entitled “National Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Strategies: Practical Steps and Indicators”. The policy document aims to support governments in developing comprehensive national strategies that strengthen citizens’ ability to access, critically evaluate, and responsibly create and share information throughout life. It contains guidelines structured around five interconnected policy areas:...

On 3 December 2025, the UK’s communications regulator Ofcom fined AVS Group Ltd GBP 1 million for failing to deploy "highly effective" age assurance under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA), and a further GBP 50 000 for failing to respond to a statutory information request, backed up with daily penalties if non-compliance persists. The decision covers a portfolio of adult sites and requires compliant age checks to stop children encountering pornographic content. It is the clearest signal yet that Ofcom has moved from programme oversight to active enforcement of the child-protection...

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...