Posted on 02/29/2024 11:18:58 AM PST by Olog-hai
The EU Court of Justice has imposed a fine of €2.5 million ($2.7 million) on Ireland for failing to transpose an EU directive on the provision of audiovisual services.
The breach relates to delays in bringing online video-sharing platforms under the scope of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), for the purposes of combating hate speech and protecting minors from harmful content.
The Irish media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán (Media Commission), is currently finalizing an Online Safety Code to regulate video-sharing platforms, but it will not be ready until later this year.
In its ruling, the EU Court of Justice said that in addition to the fine, it is also ordering Ireland to pay a daily penalty of €10,000 ($10,809) to the European Commission for as long as the failure to comply with the directive continues.
The deadline for transposing the directive was 19 September 2020.
The ruling notes that the deadline was missed by most EU member states, but it also states that Ireland is the member state where the largest number of video-sharing platforms are established. …
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Hey ‘yoops’.......🖕
The EU is a dictatorship of evil.
I sorta wish each member of congress had to pay a daily fine of a thousand dollars every year the budget isn’t signed by October 1st. That’s their one mandatory job and never do it.
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