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On 20 January 2026, the Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (National Broadcasting Council – KRRiT) published a report entitled “No editing, no procedure, no balance. Monitoring of the current affairs programmes of TVP S.A. (in liquidation)”, which examined TVP S.A. in the context of the statutory requirement for public media to ensure pluralism, impartiality, balance and independence (Article 21(1) of the Radio and Television Act of 29 December 1992). The report aims to verify whether the current affairs programming of the aforementioned public television station meets the...

Following the alignment of the national audiovisual media regulatory framework with European Union law, in particular the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)(EU) 2018/1808, North Macedonia introduced further legislative and regulatory measures aimed at adapting audiovisual media regulation to the digital environment and to new forms of audiovisual content creation and distribution carried out via online platforms. This alignment was implemented within the framework of the Law amending the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia...

Autocontrol, the Spanish organisation that promotes self-regulation in the advertising industry, has made certain amendments to the code of conduct on advertising through influencers, which came into force in October 2025. This update is part of the commitment of Law No.13/2022, of 7 July, on Audiovisual Communication (LGCA), to self-regulation and co-regulation codes, and continues a long tradition of self-regulation in the advertising sector in Spain. Although the Code of Conduct on advertising through influencers follows the lines of the previous 2021 code, which it replaces, Autocontrol...

The decision issued on 7 August 2025 by the Luxembourg Independent Audiovisual Authority (ALIA) follows a self-referral concerning the LiveJasmin video-sharing platform. In the course of its investigation, the ALIA assessed the compliance of the age-verification measures implemented by the providers JWS Americas S.à r.l. and JWS International S.à r.l. with Article 28 septies of the amended Law of 27 July 1991 on Electronic Media, transposing article 28 ter of the Directive on audiovisual media services. LiveJasmin offers its users access to sexually explicit content reserved for...

A 46-page-long set of sweeping amendments to the Audiovisual Media Services Code (AVMSC) of the Republic of Moldova, previously adopted by the national parliament, was officially published and came into force (with some exceptions) on 21 August 2025. Among the definitions that were amended, is, once again (see IRIS 2023-9:1/14) the definition of disinformation. It now closely follows the definition provided by the 2018 EU Action Plan against Disinformation. A new definition – “hate speech” – now follows and expands the wording of the Recommendation of the Committee of...