The European Commission wants input on how to protect media...
The European Commission wants input on how to protect media freedom and whether audiovisual regulatory bodies should be independent, it said in consultations launched Friday. The audiovisual and media services directive was enacted to create a single market for such…
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services and to give Europe’s audiovisual and TV industries legal certainty, but the EC now wants to know whether that measure should be revised to ensure the independence of audiovisual regulators (http://bit.ly/13ivXIf). In a second consultation document (http://bit.ly/15AdulU), the EC asks: (1) Whether the EU can legally act under the EU Treaties to safeguard media freedom and pluralism. (2) Whether more harmonization of laws in areas such as libel and data protection would help cross-border online media activities. (3) How EU and national competition authorities should monitor online access to information to ensure that dominant network access providers or Internet information providers don’t restrict media freedom and pluralism. (4) Whether net neutrality and the Internet end-to-end principle should be enshrined in law. Comments in both consultations are due June 14.