{"id":5006,"date":"2024-03-18T13:49:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:50:00","slug":"x-takes-the-axe-from-italys-media-regulator-over-gambling-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/03\/18\/x-takes-the-axe-from-italys-media-regulator-over-gambling-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"X Takes the Axe From Italy\u2019s Media Regulator Over Gambling Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>AGCOM<\/strong>, the Media and Communications Authority of Italy, has summoned a \u20ac1.35m fine on <strong>X<\/strong> (formerly Twitter) for continuing to promote gambling advertisements and content to Italian audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ruling, AGCOM has found nine separate instances of illegal advertisements that have come from different user accounts, all of them verified by the blue checkmark of the X platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is understood that the social media platform took immediate action advised by the AGCOM by placing relevant restrictions on the accounts found guilty of the violations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2019, AGCOM has enforced the rules of the \u2018Dignity Decree\u2019, ordering all media platforms to impose a ban on all forms of gambling advertising, communications and content. The Decree was authorised by the former Lega-5Star coalition government who called for Italy to adopt Europe\u2019s toughest restrictions on gambling advertising.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X is not the only tech giant to fall foul of AGCOM rules and standards. A few weeks prior, <strong>Meta<\/strong> \u2013 the owner of Facebook \u2013 faced a similar sanction by the AGCOM of \u20ac5.58m over gambling content stemming from accounts active on the company\u2019s Instagram and Facebook platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile in December 2023, AGCOM summoned a record \u20ac2.5m fine on Google, for failing to supervise gambling content promoted on its YouTube video sharing platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AGCOM\u2019s tough monitoring of online content has been criticised by Italian media owners, forced to pay \u20ac million penalties matching the infringements of tech giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The Italian government has begun its review of the \u2018Reorganisation Decrees\u2019 related to Italy\u2019s gambling sector (online and retail).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reorganisation marks the first review of Italian gambling laws since 2011, the year Italy launched its regulated online gambling regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reorganisation Decree for Online Gambling carries no mandate to review the Dignity Decree rules. 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