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A new European Commission report concluded that one EU-wide approach to the long-term use of the 470–694 (sub-700 MHz) band is currently not feasible due to diverging national spectrum needs. Instead, member states should retain flexibility to repurpose the band beyond 2030 at different speeds, while the EU develops a common strategic approach ahead of future policy decisions and the World Radiocommunication Conference 2031 (WRC-31).
Canada’s Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture introduced in Parliament a bill collectively known as the Safe Social Media Act. The bill has two parts: one would enact a Digital Safety Act and the other would create a new digital safety regulator. The new regime would impose various duties on certain online services to protect minors and users generally from online harms. It would apply to social media services, AI chatbot services, and other “online services” that pose a significant risk of harm to children.
This Flash focuses on the report's findings on media freedom and pluralism and on issues relevant for the implementation and application of the European Media Freedom Act.
The Argentinian communications regulator has launched a new programme to support audiovisual innovation through access to infrastructure, technology, technical expertise and training. The programme will fund selected projects through public calls for proposals and will remain in force for up to three years.
Where a video platform reviews the essential content of a channel (such as the main theme, the most viewed or newest videos, or the associated metadata), for the purpose of concluding a commercial partnership contract with a content creator, it cannot claim to act as an intermediary.
This edition features news about the state of implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act in 19 EU countries; recommendations for the European Commission to implement an EU-wide access restriction to social media for children under 13; Commission's decisions preliminarily finding Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA), and accepting X’s corrective measures to address DSA infringements; Commission’s decisions further specifying Google's interoperability and search data access obligations under the Digital Markets Act; and a European Court decision finding that the liability exemption does not apply to YouTube for channels under partnership agreements. No relevant events were identified this week. This is the last EU Digital & Media Weekly Report until September 2026, when discussions in Brussels around the different EU digital policy and regulatory initiatives will resume after the summer holiday period.
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