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Съветът за електронни медии (the Council for Electronic Media – CEM) held a discussion focused on the topic of “Commercial Communications in the Media” on 6 July 2023. Representatives of Комисията за защита на потребителите (the Commission for Consumer Protection), Асоциацията на българските радио- и телевизионни оператори (the Association of Bulgarian Radio and Television Broadcasters), Националния съвет за саморегулация (the National Council for Self-Regulation), the general directors of Българската национална телевизия (Bulgarian National Television) andБългарското национално...

On 3 March 2022, as part of his remit under the Law of 30 July 2020 and the Decree of 7 October 2021 aimed at preventing minors from accessing pornographic websites, the president of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) ordered several Internet access providers to appear before the president of the Paris judicial court. He asked the court, ruling on the merits under the accelerated procedure, to order the ISPs to block the websites Pornhub, Tukif, Xhamster, Xnxx and Xvidéo so they could...

In a ruling of 6 June 2023, the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court – BGH), the highest German civil court, examined the boundaries of film and photo-based reporting with victim protection in mind. It decided that public-service broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) had exceeded the limits of permissible reporting in a television programme broadcast in 2018 concerning two child abduction cases dating back to 1981 and 1980 by showing in particular letters and photographs of the abducted children, and playing audio recordings. Although there was high public interest in...

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 20 June 2023, the Irish national regulatory authority - Coimisiún na Meán – published its first work programme. The Commission was established in March 2023, succeeding to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was dissolved under the provisions of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022. The work programme runs until February 2024 and includes the following main objectives: - Implementing new regulatory regimes for how online service providers deal with harmful and illegal content - Regulating broadcasting and on-demand services - Supporting...