Progress

Current status
adopted
08 Apr 2026adopted
08 Aug 2025processing consultation
27 Jun 2025in consultation
04 Jun 2025under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Moldova
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkiye
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
bi- or plurilateral agreement

Timeline of events

08 Apr 2026
adopted

Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted recommendation on online safety and empowerment of users and content creators

On 8 April 2026, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a recommendation on online safety and the empowerment of users and content creators. The recommendation calls on Member States to adopt legal frameworks, based on available evid…

Event typedeclaration
Action typeadoption
Government branchexecutive
Government bodycentral government
08 Aug 2025
processing consultation

Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Media and Information Society closes consultation on recommendation on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users

On 8 August 2025, the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Media and Information Society closes the consultation on the recommendation on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users. The recommendation applies to online platform…

Event typedeclaration
Action typeconsultation closed
Government branchexecutive
Government bodyother regulatory body
27 Jun 2025
in consultation

Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Media and Information Society opened consultation on recommendation on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users

On 27 June 2025, the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Media and Information Society opened a consultation on the recommendation on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users, until 8 August 2025. The recommendation applies …

Event typedeclaration
Action typeconsultation opened
Government branchexecutive
Government bodyother regulatory body
04 Jun 2025
under deliberation

Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Media and Information Society published draft recommendation on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users

On 4 June 2025, the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Media and Information Society published the draft recommendation on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users. The recommendation applies to online platforms and interne…

Event typedeclaration
Action typedrafting
Government branchexecutive
Government bodyother regulatory body