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IRIS 2025-7:1/13 [FR] Rejection of application for annulment of decree on removal of terrorist content online

A number of associations are seeking the annulment, on grounds of ultra vires, of decree no. 2023-432 of 3 June 2023 implementing Articles 6-1-1 and 6-1-5 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (as amended by the Law of 16 August 2022), and Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of 29 April 2021 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online. This decree designates the administrative authority with jurisdiction to issue injunctions for the removal of terrorist content, specifies the procedures for exchanging information between the authorities concerned and lays...

IRIS 2025-7:1/14 [FR] Suspension of order requiring age verification of users of 17 pornographic websites

The operator of the xHamster website asked the interim relief judge to suspend the order of 26 February 2025 identifying, pursuant to Article 10-2 of the Law of 21 June 2004, 17 online video-sharing websites operated by providers established in another EU member state and requiring them to implement an effective age verification system for users of their sites that broadcast pornographic content, subject to financial penalties and blocking or delisting measures ordered by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator...

IRIS 2025-7:1/15 [FR] Question on determination of categories of persons subject to age verification system obligation rejected

Webgroup Czech Republic AS and NKL Associates SRO raised a priority question of constitutionality in support of their requests for the annulment of decision no. 2024-20 of 9 October 2024 of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM). The ARCOM decision concerns the reference framework for determining the minimum technical requirements applicable to age verification systems designed to prevent minors from accessing pornographic content, and was issued in accordance with Article 10(I) of the Law of...

IRIS 2025-6:1/5 [FR] EUR 300,000 fine imposed by ARCOM on C8 halved

C8 lodged an appeal with the Conseil d’Etat (Council of State) against the EUR 300,000 fine imposed on it by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) in respect of an episode of the programme “Touche pas à mon poste” broadcast on 5 October 2022. The host, Cyril Hanouna, had made offensive remarks about the Mayor of Paris, who had not been present in the studio at the time, in response to the decision not to install giant screens for the World Cup in Qatar. In particular,...

IRIS 2025-6:1/6 [FR] Launch of consultation between developers of generative AI models and cultural rights holders

On 2 June, Rachida Dati, the French minister of culture, and Clara Chappaz, the French minister for artificial intelligence and digital technology, chaired the launch meeting of the consultation cycle between representatives of generative AI model developers and representatives of rights holders in the cultural and media sectors. Open until November, this consultation cycle, which will be co-piloted by Marc Bourreau, professor of economics, and Maxime Boutron, counsel at the Conseil d'État (Council of State), is designed to promote mutual understanding of the respective challenges...