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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by company- Anonymised companies €3.5m 91 % · 1 case
- Société d'exploitation d'un service d'information (SESI) €200,000 5 % · 1 case
- Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. (Radio 24) €150,000 4 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | €3.5m |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 1 | €150,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | €200,000 |
3 cases
24 Jul 2026 Société d'exploitation d'un service d'information (SESI)Arcom: EUR 200,000 fine on CNews operator SESI over programme breaches €200,000
On 24 July 2026 Arcom imposed a fine of EUR 200,000 on Société d'exploitation d'un service d'information (SESI), the operator of the news channel CNews. In Arcom's view, two programmes broadcast in June and September 2025 contained statements about people of (presumed) immigrant background and Muslims, without sufficient context or challenge, that were capable of inciting hatred and discrimination; Arcom considered this a breach of Article 15 of Law No 86-1067 and of the channel's contractual obligations on non-discrimination and control of its programming. In setting the amount, Arcom took into account earlier sanctions against SESI for breaches of the same obligations in 2021 and 2024. Arcom did not sanction a third programme it examined. Whether the decision has been appealed is not known here.
Broadcasters of opinion formats must put polarising statements into editorial context; a lack of challenge in the studio reflects on the broadcaster.
Editorial framing of polarising statements
- Authority / court
- Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Arcom)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Art. 15, 42-1 und 42-2 Loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 (liberté de communication); Art. 2-2-1 und 2-3-2 der Vereinbarungen vom 27. November 2019 und 10. Dezember 2024
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 29 Jul 2026
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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16 Apr 2025 Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. (Radio 24)AGCOM: €150,000 fine for Il Sole 24 Ore over hate speech on a Radio 24 programme €150,000
On the radio programme "La Zanzara" of 28 November 2024, a guest made statements about Muslims that AGCOM (Italian communications regulator) considered capable of spreading hatred and discrimination against a group of people; the presenters had not effectively prevented their impact. The authority fined the broadcaster five times the minimum amount, 150,000 EUR; in its view, the later distancing in a subsequent programme and the deletion of the segments from 13 December 2024 only partly mitigated the infringement and did not reduce the sanction.
Broadcasters must moderate live formats so that inflammatory statements by guests are immediately put into context and not further disseminated.
- Authority / court
- Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (AGCOM)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Art. 30 D.Lgs. 208/2021 (Testo unico dei servizi di media audiovisivi); Art. 4 Abs. 2 lit. a und c des AGCOM-Reglements zum Schutz der Grundrechte der Person (Delibera 37/23/CONS)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Repeat case
- no
- Published
- 16 Apr 2025
- AGCOM, Delibera n. 104/25/CONS del 16 aprile 2025, Ordinanza-ingiunzione nei confronti della Società Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.a. (Radio24) Decision of an authority
- AGCOM, Delibera 104/25/CONS (Registerseite) Official register or notice
- AGCOM, Comunicato stampa 16 aprile 2025: Hate speech, sanzionata Radio24 per il programma “La Zanzara” Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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9 Feb 2023 a French television channelArcom: EUR 3.5 million fine on a TV channel over a live broadcast €3.5m
Arcom (French audiovisual and digital communications regulator) fined a French television channel EUR 3,500,000 (3.65% of its 2021 turnover) because, in a programme of 10 November 2022, the presenter insulted an invited member of parliament for more than nine minutes without anyone in the studio stepping in to calm things down. This breached the obligations under the agreement with the regulator to protect personality rights and to keep control of the programme; the channel had already been sanctioned for similar breaches in 2017 and 2019. The Conseil d'État (French supreme administrative court) dismissed the appeal on 10 July 2024.
Broadcasters are liable for their presenters' live statements; effective ways of intervening during a programme are part of compliance.
Programme control in live broadcasts
- Authority / court
- Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Arcom)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Art. 42-1 und 42-2 Loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 (liberté de communication); Art. 2-2-1 und 2-3-4 der Vereinbarung vom 29. Mai 2019
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 9 Feb 2023
- Arcom, Décisions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Version 2 · Company name anonymised since 9 Feb 2025 · Direct link