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On 7 March 2018, the Committee of Ministers adopted a Recommendation on the roles and responsibilities of Internet intermediaries, and follows a draft Recommendation that was finalised by the Committee of experts on Internet intermediaries in 2017 (see IRIS 2018-1/5). The Recommendation begins with a Preamble, setting out the functions of Internet intermediaries, which are a wide, diverse and rapidly evolving range of players that facilitate interactions on the Internet between natural and legal persons by offering and performing a variety of functions and services. These services include connecting...

On 19 February 2018, the Department of Economics and Statistics of the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) released a report on the consumption of information (the “Report”). The drafting of the Report comes into being as result of AGCOM competence to monitor the information system and ensure the protection of pluralism of information, both on the supply and demand side of the news media market. Also, AGCOM has stressed that the monitoring of the news system is part of a global scenario where some negative phenomena are growing, including the spread of fake news and misinformation. The study...

The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), in partnership with the Center for Missing and Abused Children, the Faculty of Education in Osijek, the City of Osijek and VIPnet L.t.d. and with the support of the Government’s Office for Cooperation with NGOs, organised a central national celebration of the international Safer Internet Day. On that occasion, a brochure entitled "How to Protect a Child in the World of Internet, Network Technologies and Mobile Phones" was presented to the public. The brochure offers practical and useful information on possible Internet hazards as...

On 21 February 2018, the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned two television advertisements on the grounds that they breached the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising (BCAP Code) rules relating to the protection of children. The decisions provide helpful guidance on alcohol advertising, and advertisements which may be harmful to children. The first television advertisement was for a discount supermarket chain, Aldi Stores Ltd, and formed part of their 2017 Christmas campaign, which featured a computer-generated image of a carrot in a number of parodies of popular films. The advertisement...

On 26 January 2018, the Conseil d’Etat delivered a decision that adds another stone to the edifice of jurisprudence on the issue of certificates for films likely to be harmful to young people or undermine respect for human dignity. In the case at issue, two associations had called on the courts to annul the Minister for Culture’s decision granting a certificate to the film “Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)” that prevented its showing to anyone under 12 years of age without warning, on the grounds that she had exceeded her powers. The film, screened in cinemas since January, depicts a 16-year-old...