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IRIS 2026-3:1/15 [FR] Arcom imposes two sanctions totalling EUR 100 000 on CNews for discriminatory comments and failure to control airtime

In two decisions issued on 5 February 2026, the French audiovisual regulator (Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique – Arcom) ruled on two disputed sequences of the programme "L'Heure des Pros 2 Eté", broadcast on CNews on 8 and 12 August 2025. During the programme shown on 12 August 2025, a female columnist made comments associating all Palestinians with the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks of 7 October, describing them as "savages" and "appalling bloodthirsty people", and attributing...

IRIS 2026-3:1/16 [FR] Meta ordered to implement filtering measures for false advertising for online gambling using the "Barrière" trademark

The Barrière group brought an action before the criminal court after it observed that a large number of advertisements (more than 2 400) were being diffused on Meta's Facebook and Instagram networks, reproducing its EU semi-figurative and word marks without its authorisation in order to promote an online casino games application, which is illegal in France. Some of the advertisements showed the front of its casinos. The judge at the Paris judicial court ordered Meta to implement measures to filter out false advertising reproducing the group's trademarks, and to retain...

IRIS 2026-2:1/13 [FR] The Council of State upholds a €50 000 fine imposed by ARCOM on C8

C8 asked the Council of State (Conseil d'État) to annul the decision by which the French audiovisual regulator (Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique – ARCOM) had fined it €50 000 for breaching its obligation to respect human rights laid down in its licence agreement, following the broadcast of a feature on xylazine, described as "the zombie drug", during the programme "PAF avec Baba" on 12 September 2023. The Council of State noted that the host of the programme had wanted to draw viewers' attention...

IRIS 2026-2:1/18 [FR] Court ruling on the sale of childlike sex dolls on Shein

Noting that illegal products, in particular childlike sex dolls but also certain weapons and medicines banned from online sale, had been reported as being offered for sale on the Shein online sales platform, designated as a "very large platform" within the meaning of the DSA by the European Commission, the French state summoned the platform's Irish operator and the main companies providing access to it in France before the president of the Paris Court of First Instance under the fast-track procedure. Its principal request was that, under Article 6-3 of the Law...

IRIS 2026-1:1/4 [FR] Death of live streamer on kick.com: court rejects request for Australian platform to be fully blocked but orders targeted measures

Following the live streaming, on 18 August 2025, of the death of Raphaël Graven, alias "Jean Pormanove", during a broadcast lasting around 300 hours on the channel of the same name on the Australian streaming platform kick.com, which has a French-language version, the French Minister for AI and the Digital Economy referred the case to the president of the Paris Tribunal Judiciaire (judicial court) under Article 6-3 of the Loi pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique (French Law on Confidence in the Digital Economy – LCEN) and EU Regulation...