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On 31 May, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal lodged against the Council of Ministers' resolution authorising an amendment to the statute of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE) to grant executive functions to the broadcaster's interim president. Consequently, the current interim president of RTVE, Concepción Cascajosa, can continue, albeit temporarily, at the helm of the public broadcaster. The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the unions USO, UGT, and SI against the Council of Ministers' resolution of 4 October 2022. This resolution amended...

The Spanish government has revived the Proyecto de ley del Cine y de la Cultura Audiovisual (Cinema and Audiovisual Culture Bill) after it was put on hold last year following the dissolution of the Cortes Generales (Congress of Deputies and Senate) and the calling of elections by President Pedro Sanchez in June 2023. Various political groups had already tabled amendments to the bill, which had been endorsed by the Council of Ministers in December 2022 and submitted to parliamentary procedures in March 2023. In particular, the proposal of the right-wing political group Vox was rejected in its entirety....

On 4 June 2024, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the Anteproyecto de la Ley Orgánica de Protección de los Menores en los Entornos Digitales (draft Organic Law on the Protection of Minors in Digital Environments). According to Félix Bolaños, Minister for the Presidency, Parliamentary Relations and Democratic Memory, the law aims to guarantee the rights of minors, in particular the fundamental rights enshrined in Articles 18 and 20 of the Spanish Constitution, i.e. the right to honour, personal and family privacy and one’s own image. The law begins...

On 30 April 2024, the Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service led by José Luis Escrivá, approved Real Decreto-Ley 444/2024 (Royal Decree-Law no. 444/2024) which, for the first time, establishes conditions for the regulation of the activities of Spanish influencers (or content creators or vloggers) in accordance with the 2022 Ley General de Comunicación Audiovisual (General Law on Audiovisual Communication). According to the royal decree, the text is designed to create an up-to-date legal framework that reflects...

In a decision dated 22 March 2024, the judge of the Spanish National Court, Santiago Pedraz, ordered the blocking of Telegram in Spain. This decision followed a lawsuit filed a few months previously by various dominant Spanish audiovisual groups, such as Atresmedia, Mediaset and Movistar Plus. The latter claim that the instant messaging service hosts and enables the distribution of pirated audiovisual content via the platform. The decision was made after Telegram failed to respond to several requests for information from the judge. In the order, the judge argued that it was a necessary, appropriate...