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The Loi visant à sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique (Law aiming to secure and regulate the digital space – SREN) of 21 May 2024 contains provisions aimed at preventing minors from accessing pornographic websites in accordance with Article 227-24 of the Penal Code, and requires the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) to publish a framework document setting out minimum technical standards to be met by age verification systems. Published on 22 October,...

On 1 October 2024, the Dutch Media Authority (‘Commissariaat voor de Media’) published the report ‘Young people, news and social media. A look at the future of the news’. It posits that since young people increasingly rely on social media rather than traditional media to stay updated on current events, news consumption, in general, is undergoing both massive and permanent transformation. The media routines that young people are developing now determine their media behaviour in the future. The report highlights the main implications of the increasing role of social media...

The Irish regulator, Coimisiún na Meán (the Commission), adopted the final Online Safety Code (the Code) on 10 October and published it on 21 October, completing the Commission's overall online safety framework. This framework makes digital services accountable for how they protect users, and in particular children, from harm online. It comes in response to Section 139K of the Broadcasting Act 2009, and is designed to ensure that VSP providers take reasonable steps to provide the protections set out in Article 28b(1)(a), (b) and (c) and Article 28b(2), including the measures...

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...

The report entitled "The Metaverse and its Impact on Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Democracy", jointly developed by the Council of Europe and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association under the Council of Europe Digital Partnership and launched at the EuroDIG (European Dialogue on Internet Governance) Conference last June, is now publicly available for download. The report examines how the metaverse could reshape our societies and the associated benefits, risks and challenges. Drawing on insights from over 50 international experts,...