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This report highlights recent developments since September 2025: a draft law was tabled in Parliament to ban access to social media by minors under 15; the SHEIN case; a public prosecutor opened an investigation into TikTok algorithm; the Law on influencers is fully in force; Arcom is designated to enforce the rules on political advertising; initiatives on media concentration emerged in Parliament; and more.
Between September and mid-December: Ofcom publishes call for input into the review of broadcasting legislation; resignations at the BBC (and other delveopments); Ofcom updates guidance on politicians presenting the news; developments on the enforcement of the Online Safety Act and more.
This special report explores how EU regulation and competition law affect different parts of the video gaming value chain. Alongside content-related issues, it looks at distribution via app stores, the role of cloud gaming and mobile networks, and environmental issues linked to gaming equipment.
This report gathers policy and regulatory developments at EU level covered by Cullen International’s Digital Economy and Media services during last week. It also lists events taking place this week. This is the last EU Digital & Media Weekly Report before 2026, when discussions in Brussels around the different policy and regulatory initiatives will resume after the end-of-year holiday period.
The Commission announced the opening of an infringement procedure against Hungary for failing to apply the provisions of the regulation on the freedom and independence of media outlets. Hungary could also be in breach of certain rules of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive on national media regulatory authorities.
The EU Commission is consulting until 9 January 2026 on protocols for rights holders to reserve their rights against the use of their works for the training of general-purpose AI models.
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