“The law does not ask the Arcom or to assess the legality of the content put online by individuals, or to request the withdrawal,” recalls its president, Martin Ajdari

DIn the night of August 17 to 18, a man, Raphaël Graven, died live on a streaming site after being, for several months, the subject of violence broadcast on this same platform in order to generate hearings and substantial income.

What do we have to see in this drama? Nevertheless, A manifestation of freedom of expression? Nevertheless, A “Collateral damage” Digital progress? Therefore, Or on the contrary. the urgency of a collective awareness of the excesses and dangers that can represent, for our youth in particular, new media ready to authorize everything in order to multiply the ” views “ Without assuming their responsibilities? Because that’s what it is about: responsibility.

President for a few months of the Audiovisual. Digital Communication Communication Regulatory Authority (Arcom), the CSA heiress authority whose missions have “the law does not ask been extended to encompass the regulation of new digital media (social networks, video platforms on demand), I heard this week the criticisms formulated against him: what is it for if it cannot prevent the online dissemination of such images?

Arch has been presenting itself since its creation, in 2022, as ” The audiovisual and digital regulator ». This synthetic formulation was able to nourish belief. erroneous, that its missions and powers were the same in the traditional field of audiovisual and in that, much more recent, vast and protean, of digital.

In the audiovisual field. French law has entrusted him with the mission for almost forty years to verify the respect, by televisions and radios, of their obligations, counterpart of the frequencies which are allocated to them free of charge: rigor and pluralism of information, respect for the dignity of the human person, protection of minors … As such. it pronounces in accordance with the law – and always a posteriori – on the content of the program. citizens, several tens of thousands of referrals per year.

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