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On 24 September 2024, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) approved the regulatory framework governing technical and procedural methods for verifying users' age (age assurance, or age verification), as outlined in Article 13-bis of Decree-Law No. 123 of 15 September 2023, converted with amendments by Law No. 159 of 13 November 2023 (the so-called Decreto Caivano). More specifically, Article 13-bis of the Decreto Caivano (Provisions for Age Verification for Access to Pornographic Websites) introduced a prohibition in Italian law on minors accessing pornographic content, as such content...

On 7 October 2024, the Samenwerkingsplatform Digitale Toezichthouders (Dutch Digital Supervisory Cooperation Platform – SDT), which is comprised of four major Dutch regulatory authorities, published a significant recommendation that additional measures are needed to protect children and young people from social media influencer marketing. The SDT is an important regulatory cooperation platform established in 2022 by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, the Dutch Data Protection Authority, and the Dutch Media Authority...

In a recent decision of the Национална агенция за приходите (the National Revenue Agency – NRA), the regulatory body provided clarifications on the interpretation of the latest amendments to the Bulgarian Закона за хазарта (Gambling Act) concerning the ban of gambling advertising (see IRIS 2024-6:1/18). Historically, the origins of these legislative changes date back to August 2022, when a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Съвет за електронни медии (Council for Electronic Media – CEM) and the NRA. This collaboration stemmed from growing concerns over aggressive gambling...

On 16 August 2024, the US District Court Judge Margaret Garnett issued a temporary injunction freezing the launch of the streaming service planned by Walt Disney Co., Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. For a monthly fee of USD 43, the three players planned, with the signature of a non-binding term sheet on 6 February 2024, to launch their new platform dedicated to live sports competitions. However, on 8 April 2024, a direct competitor called “Fubo", which also offers sports content, filed a complaint against the alliance, accusing it of violating competition law. According to...

On 20 June 2024, the High Court of Ireland confirmed the designation by Coimisiún na Meán (the Commission), the Irish media regulator, of online platforms Reddit and Tumblr as video-sharing platform (VSP) services. Under the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act of 2022 (OSMR Act), the Commission was granted the power to designate online services as VSPs, to which the online safety code to be drafted by the Commission may apply. The Commission issued ten designation notices (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Udemy, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Tumblr and Reddit) at the end of 2023,...