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On 10 November 2023, the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán (the Media Commission) published a Designation Decision Framework (further referred to as “Framework”) for video-sharing platforms services (VSPS) to inform individual providers of online services of the assessment and decision-making process it intends to follow in order to determine whether a named service meets the defining criteria of a VSPS, and whether the provider of such a service is under Irish jurisdiction. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Act of 2022 amending the Broadcasting Act of 2009,...

On 21 July, AGCOM launched with resolution no. 178/23/CNS a public consultation on the measures to be adopted to ensure influencers' compliance with the Consolidated Law on audiovisual media services. AGCOM's goal of extending the scope of the legal and regulatory framework to these subjects stems from the observation that the activities carried out by influencers are comparable to the provision of audiovisual media services. The activities involved are those carried out by subjects denominated in current language with the term of "influencer", but also "vlogger",...

On 28 June 2023, the Medienanstalt Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein media authority – MA HSH), as the responsible media regulator, called on the company Google Ireland Ltd. to meet its new obligations under the German Medienstaatsvertrag (State Media Treaty – MStV). In its decision, it accused Google of failing to meet its legal obligation to ensure transparency for users on its YouTube platform by informing them about why they were being shown particular content. It is the first time a German media regulator has taken action against a global media intermediary...

On 9 August 2023, Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, published its first report on video-sharing platforms’ (VSPs) user policies. The report highlights examples of good practice, but also underscores the need for VSPs to simplify their terms, improve communication of content guidelines, and enhance training for content moderators to create a safer online environment. Background Ofcom was appointed as the regulator for UK-established video-sharing platforms (VSPs) in November 2020. The Communications Act 2003 lists measures that VSP providers must take, as appropriate, to...

On 10 January 2023, Ofcom launched its enforcement programme into age assurance measures on UK-established adult video-sharing platforms (VSP) – the goal of which is to look at age assurance measures in place on VSPs specialising in adult content under Ofcom’s jurisdiction. Ofcom may launch so-called enforcement programmes to look at a problem or area of concern relating to a particular group of stakeholders – in this case VSPs – or to a whole sector. The launch of the programme coincided with Ofcom entering the second year of the VSP regime, following the October 2022...