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On 30 July 2025, following the conclusion of a public consultation, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) approved amendments to its Regulation on the protection of copyright on electronic communications networks (the Regulation). These amendments aim to strengthen the fight against illegal distribution of copyright-protected content online and align the Regulation with recent regulatory changes, including the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), Italian Law No. 93 of 2023 (Italian Antipiracy Law), and the Italian Audiovisual Media Services Code. As a result, AGCOM was granted extensive...

AGCOM – Italy’s Communications Authority and designated Digital Services Coordinator – has formally adopted its Guidelines and Code of Conduct for Influencers. Given the relevance and innovative scope of the matter, AGCOM established a dedicated multi-stakeholder working group, involving representatives of the industry and institutional actors, to develop a shared framework. The draft text was subsequently submitted to a public consultation process at the end of 2024 (see IRIS 2025-1:1/18 and 2024-2:1/26). The final Guidelines revise the initial version adopted in 2024, integrating...

Following a public consultation through a dedicated technical working group involving sports leagues, the National Federation of the Italian Press, the Italian Sports Press Union, the National Order of Journalists, the Usigrai journalists’ union, and leading associations representing the national and local broadcasting and print media sectors, Italy’s Communications Authority (AGCOM) has approved new provisions governing the exercise of press coverage rights in relation to so-called “related images” from Serie A and Serie B football matches and Lega A basketball games. In...

On 13 May 2025, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) launched a public consultation aimed at reviewing the guidelines on the prominence of audiovisual and radio media services of general interest (SGIs). It it worth remembering that the Italian AVMS Code provides that adequate prominence must be given to audiovisual and radio media services of general interest provided through any platform. The Italian AVMS Code then assigns to AGCOM the task of defining, by means of specific guidelines, the criteria for qualifying a service as a service of general interest, as well as the methods and...

On 12 May 2025, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) adopted the new technical and procedural measures that website operators and video-sharing platforms which disseminate adult content in Italy must adopt to verify the age of users (Regulation). The Regulation was adopted pursuant to Article 13-bis of Law Decree No. 123 of 15 September 2023 which provides that “minors are prohibited from accessing pornographic content, as it undermines their dignity and compromises their physical and mental well-being, constituting a public health issue”. That same provision then expressly...