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On 14 July 2025, the European Commission published its guidelines on the protection of minors under the DSA, to ensure a safe online experience for children and young users. The guidelines, using a risk-based approach and acknowledging the fact that platforms may pose different risks to minors (due to their size, purpose and user base), are set to apply to all online platforms accessible to minors. Micro enterprises (with fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover and/or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million) and small enterprises (with fewer than 50 persons and whose...

The French Minister for Culture and the Minister for AI and the Digital Economy had sought the annulment of the interim order of 16 June 2025 (see IRIS 2025-7:1/14) which, at the request of the operator of the Cyprus-based xHamster website, had suspended the order of 26 February 2025 requiring 17 pornographic websites (including its own) established in another EU member state to implement an effective system for verifying their users’ age. The Conseil d’Etat (Council of State) ruled that the interim relief judge of the Paris Administrative Court had erred in law by relying solely...

Article 1-3 of the Law of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (LCEN), created by Article 12 of the Law of 21 May 2024 aimed at securing and regulating the digital space, requires any producer of pornographic content simulating simple, aggravated or incestuous rape to display, before and during its distribution, a message warning all users, regardless of age, of the illegal nature of the behaviour depicted. Decree no. 2025-767 of 4 August 2025, which implements this provision, specifies the wording of the message warning users of such pornographic content, as well as how it should...

AGCOM – Italy’s Communications Authority and designated Digital Services Coordinator – has formally adopted its Guidelines and Code of Conduct for Influencers. Given the relevance and innovative scope of the matter, AGCOM established a dedicated multi-stakeholder working group, involving representatives of the industry and institutional actors, to develop a shared framework. The draft text was subsequently submitted to a public consultation process at the end of 2024 (see IRIS 2025-1:1/18 and 2024-2:1/26). The final Guidelines revise the initial version adopted in 2024, integrating...

On 14 July 2025, the European Commission published the final version of its guidelines on the protection of minors, following the publication of a draft in May 2025 (IRIS 2025-6:1/13). The guidelines aim to safeguard minors and ensure their privacy, safety, security and well-being on digital platforms under the Digital Services Act (DSA). They address the risks that children face online, including grooming, exposure to harmful content, problematic and addictive behaviours, cyberbullying, and harmful commercial practices. The development of the guidelines involved consultation with youth, civil...