France: Decree No. 2025-768 on the establishment of a connection threshold for the temporary retention of illegal content by online platform operators enters into force

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Decree No. 2025-768 on the establishment of a connection threshold for the temporary retention of illegal content by online platform operators enters into force

On 7 August 2025, the Decree No. 2025-768 on the establishment of a connection threshold from which online platform operators are required to temporarily retain illegal content that has been reported and removed or made inaccessible enters into forc…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-08-04
adopted

On 4 August 2025, the Government of France adopted Decree No. 2025-768 on the establishment of a co…

2025-08-07
in force

On 7 August 2025, the Decree No. 2025-768 on the establishment of a connection threshold from which…