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On 16 April 2026, the National Assembly (parliament) of Armenia adopted a law to expand and detail the notion of “abuse of audiovisual broadcasts”, especially in the event of their dissemination by “network operators”. The support for the bill to amend the relevant provisions of the 2020 Statute “On Audiovisual Media” was significant, with 58 deputies voting for, three against, and 15 who abstained in the final second vote (for more background information, see IRIS 2021-1:1/2 and IRIS 2026-3:1/2). As per Article 3 of the Statute “On Audiovisual Media”,...

On 7 April 2026, the National Assembly (parliament) of Armenia adopted a bill to regulate “synthetic content” in audiovisual media. The 2020 Statute of the Republic of Armenia on Audiovisual Media (IRIS 2021-1:1/2) now contains the following definition of "synthetic content" in Article 3 under the heading “Main concepts used in the statute”: “audiovisual, audio or other information material or image, which has been fully or partially created or modified using generative artificial intelligence (hereinafter referred to as AI), machine learning or other...

On 13 February 2026, the National Assembly (parliament) of Armenia approved, in the first reading, a bill to restrict the spread of harmful audiovisual information affecting citizens, and to prevent dissemination of disinformation or promotion of violence and hate speech. The support for the bill to amend the relevant provisions of the 2020 Statute “On Audiovisual Media” was significant, with 58 deputies voting for, 26 against, and one abstention. The bill was drafted by the Ministry of High-Tech Industry. According to the Ministry, the current law primarily regulates the 26 television...

On 23 January 2026, the Commission on Television and Radio of the Republic of Armenia (CTR) adopted Decision No. 12-A imposing an administrative fine on Armenian Second Television Channel LLC following the identification of a repeated breach of broadcasting rules designed to protect minors. The case originated from monitoring carried out by the CTR’s Monitoring and Supervision Department on 23 December 2025 in respect of the broadcaster’s programme output of 21 December 2025. The daytime broadcast of the talk show Hayeli Club, which had aired between approximately 2:45 and 3:20...

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...