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    The "Recommendations and best practices for personal data protection in video games" are the first joint European guidelines dedicated exclusively to addressing data protection, user privacy, and systemic risks within the video games ecosystem under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They have been published collaboratively between the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos – AEPD) and the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autorité de protection des données (APD) / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit...

Since 2011, the Higher Audiovisual Council (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel – CSA) of the French Community of Belgium has published several studies, known as "barometers", on the representation of people in the audiovisual media falling within its remit. The criteria analysed generally relate to gender, ethnic background, age, socio-professional category and disability. Since 2016, the CSA has had a statutory duty to periodically analyse the balanced representation of women and men in audiovisual media. In this regard, an initial equality barometer, published in...

On 18 May 2026, the General Chamber of the Flemish Media Regulator (Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media - VRM) issued two decisions against Flemish influencers for failing to clearly identify commercial communication in their online videos. In the cases of VRM v. Josefien Weyns (Decision No. 2026/034) and VRM v. Galatea Rommelaere (Decision No. 2026/031), both content creators were fined EUR 1 500 for violating Article 53 of the Flemish Media Decree (i.e. the decree of 27 March 2009 on radio broadcasting and television), which requires that commercial communications be “readily recognisable as...

The Higher Audiovisual Council (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel – CSA) of the French Community of Belgium recently published an evaluation report on the fulfilment of the public service remit and implementation of five other specific objectives by the 12 French-speaking Belgian local media organisations that replaced local television stations. The public service obligations are set out in agreements between the Government of the French Community and each local media organisation. They relate to news, cultural development, lifelong learning (including media...

The legislature of the French Community of Belgium, also commonly known as the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, has amended the Decree of 4 February 2021 on audiovisual media services and video-sharing services with a view to implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (European Media Freedom Act). The amending decree was promulgated on 2 April 2026. Its main provision is to designate the Higher Audiovisual Council of the French...