EU Digital & Media Weekly Report
22 February 26
Javier Huerta Bravo
This report gathers policy and regulatory developments at EU level covered by Cullen International’s Digital Economy and Media services during the last week. It also lists events taking place this week.
Argentina approves new rules to fund media projects
19 February 26
Carolina Limbatto
Argentina approved new regulations to govern how FOPROA, the new, national state fund for the promotion of audiovisual projects, may disburse funding. FOPROA will replace FOMECA. The regulations that created FOMECA and its registry of beneficiaries are no longer in force, effective immediately.
EU Digital & Media Weekly Report
15 February 26
Miljana Todorovic
This report gathers policy and regulatory developments at EU level covered by Cullen International’s Digital Economy and Media services during the last week. It also lists events taking place this week.
Canada adopts new framework to consult language minorities in broadcasting proceedings
12 February 26
Jose Jehuda Garcia
The Canadian broadcasting regulator, the Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), adopted non-binding guidelines for consulting with language minority communities in broadcasting proceedings. CRTC seeks to better engage with English speakers in the French-majority province of Quebec and with French speakers in the rest of Canada (where English is the majority language) when regulating broadcasting or designing broadcasting policies.
European Media Freedom Act: European Commission guidelines on how very large online platforms must handle declarations from media organisations
11 February 26
Olha Hruba
The Commission adopted non-binding guidelines on implementing the declaration functionality for media service providers under article 18 of the European Media Freedom Act and clarifying its scope.
EU Commission launches action plan against cyberbullying
11 February 26
Jerome Dheur
The action plan mainly builds on enforcing existing legal instruments, such as new measures to improve the reporting systems of online platforms under the Digital Services Act. It also foresees the roll-out of an online safety app for reporting cyberbullying to a national helpline, sending evidence and receiving help.