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On 26 February 2026, the Polish the National Broadcasting Council (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji – KRRiT) held a conference entitled “Influencers 2026 – responsibility in the light of Internet coverage”. The subject discussed was the liability of nearly 800 000 digital content creators operating in Poland, who are significant participants in the media market. The first thematic panel featured experts in the Internet industry, creators and organisations dealing with fact-checking and media education. The second part of the conference concerned regulatory challenges...

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...

In late January 2026, the Media Council of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (Nemzeti Média és Hírközlési Hatóság - NMHH) issued several decisions regarding non-compliance with advertising regulations by both private and public service media providers. The administrative body penalised ATV Zrt., Hír TV Zrt., and the public service broadcaster Duna Médiaszolgáltató Nonprofit Zrt. for various violations, ranging from surreptitious commercial communication to the volume of advertisements. As part of its...

On 17 December 2025, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (National Commission on Markets and Competition – CNMC) decided to terminate the proceedings opened against Google for alleged anti-competitive practices affecting Spanish press publishers and news agencies. The CNMC closed the case after considering that the commitments submitted by Google on 19 March 2025 address the competition concerns identified. Google has undertaken to improve negotiations relating to Extended News Preview (ENP) agreements, which affect Google Search, Google News and Google Discover,...

On 5 December 2025, the European Commission ordered social network X to pay a fine of €120 million. This fine follows the opening of formal proceedings by the European institution on 18 December 2023, which aimed to assess whether X had breached the provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The amount of the fine was determined on the basis of the infringements committed, including their gravity, duration and impact. The Commission considered that the social network had failed to fulfil its obligations for three reasons. Firstly, the Commission ruled that the use of the "blue...