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On 13 March 2018, the District Court of Gelderland upheld a fine imposed on a website by the Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media) (CvdM) for failing to take (technical) measures that would prevent minors below the age of 16 from viewing violent erotic content. The fine was reduced by the court for the reason that the reasonable term for adjudication had been exceeded, thereby violating the fundamental right to a fair trial. The claimant makes and operates websites which provide erotic content, including videos, pictures and written stories. The claimant also concluded agreements...

On 18 February 2018 an association applied to the administrative court of appeal in Paris under the urgent procedure, calling for the suspension of the Minister for Culture’s decision to issue a cinematographic exploitation visa for the film Fifty Shades Freed that authorised its showing to all audiences. The applicant claimed firstly that the condition of urgency required by Article L. 521-1 of France’s Administrative Justice Code had been met, since it was likely that the film shown in cinema theatres would be seen by minors. The Minister for Culture claimed that the application had been lodged...

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...