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On 3 December 2025, the UK’s communications regulator Ofcom fined AVS Group Ltd GBP 1 million for failing to deploy "highly effective" age assurance under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA), and a further GBP 50 000 for failing to respond to a statutory information request, backed up with daily penalties if non-compliance persists. The decision covers a portfolio of adult sites and requires compliant age checks to stop children encountering pornographic content. It is the clearest signal yet that Ofcom has moved from programme oversight to active enforcement of the child-protection...

At its meeting on 13 November 2025, the national media regulator of Moldova, the Audiovisual Council (CA), decided to impose a fine of 5 000 Moldavan leu (about €250) on the national public TV station Moldova-1, for violating the rights of minors. Violations were found, following investigation of the complaint by a private citizen, in the story broadcast as part of the 9 p.m. news bulletin Mesager (Messenger), on 19 September 2025. The story reported on the lack of teachers at kindergartens in Chisinau. Violations were confirmed in video sequences filmed inside a particular kindergarten...

The decision issued on 7 August 2025 by the Luxembourg Independent Audiovisual Authority (ALIA) follows a self-referral concerning the LiveJasmin video-sharing platform. In the course of its investigation, the ALIA assessed the compliance of the age-verification measures implemented by the providers JWS Americas S.à r.l. and JWS International S.à r.l. with Article 28 septies of the amended Law of 27 July 1991 on Electronic Media, transposing article 28 ter of the Directive on audiovisual media services. LiveJasmin offers its users access to sexually explicit content reserved for...

A report on the psychological effects of TikTok on minors, written by the National Assembly’s committee of enquiry, has been published. In its report, the committee, chaired by Arthur Delaporte with Laure Miller as rapporteur, expresses concern about the harmful effects of the Chinese social network on the mental health of minors, noting that content moderation does not meet the requirements of the DSA. In the light of these findings, the rapporteurs put forward 43 proposals, including banning under-15s from social networks (excluding messaging services), introducing a digital curfew from...

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...