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The BBC breached Rule 1.28 of Ofcom’s Code of Conduct for broadcasting undercover footage using the real name of an under-eighteen-year-old during an edition of their Panorama current affairs programme. However, the BBC was not considered in breach for not taking immediate intervening action as neither of them were considered to be at immediate risk of substantial harm.   In January 2016, the BBC’s Panorama programme examined evidence of young people in the Medway Secure Training Centre (MSTC) - then being operated by the private security company G4S - being allegedly mistreated, bullied and hurt...

Reforming audiovisual regulation is one of the Ministry of Culture’s main priorities after the summer break. According to insiders, Minister for Culture Françoise Nyssen is hoping, in the next few months, to finalise a text for discussion by Parliament in the first half of 2019. On 11 September, the French national audiovisual regulatory authority (the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - the CSA) unveiled its “twenty proposals for reforming audiovisual regulation”. The first task, according to the CSA, is to broaden the scope of the regulations by incorporating video-sharing platforms, social...

On 4 June 2018, Minister for Culture Françoise Nyssen presented her plan for the reform of the public audiovisual sector. Stressing the need to involve all the professionals in the sector and the creation branch, she appointed a consultative task group which made its conclusions public on 18 July 2018. The first work area identified by the task group concerned an increase in the offer of local programmes, which should involve tripling the number of regional programmes on France 3, covering all programme genres: news, documentaries and magazine programmes, service broadcasts, sport, etc. The second...

On 13 June 2018, following inter-institutional negotiations, the European Parliament, European Council, and European Commission published a Provisional Agreement on a proposal amending the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU) (AVMSD), which was first put forward by the Commission in May 2016 (see IRIS 2016-6/3). The proposed version of the new Directive, running to 38 pages, makes substantial amendments to over 17 of the articles of the AVMSD and includes some new articles. A number of notable amendments should be mentioned. Firstly, the amended Article 13(1) now provides that member...

On 4 July 2018, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a new Recommendation on Guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment. The Recommendation opens with a Preamble recognising that the digital environment is complex and subject to rapid evolution, and is reshaping children’s lives in many ways, resulting in opportunities for and risks to their well-being and enjoyment of human rights Furthermore, the Committee of Ministers is conscious that information and communication technologies are an important tool in children’s lives...