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Our missions
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Arcom is the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication. This regulation is carried out in the service of freedom of expression, in the public interest and in consultation with professionals.
Understanding our missions
Arcom's primary mission is to guarantee freedom of expression and audiovisual communication. We adapt our action to technological, economic and social changes.
Our missions cover the protection of freedom of communication, the protection of works of art, respect for individuals and the public, technical and economic regulation of the sector, and actions in the general interest and to promote social cohesion.
We ensure the protection of cinematic works, fighting agains unlawful supplies and encouraging the development of legal supplies.
We supervise the means used by major online platforms to fight misinformation and online hatred.
We issue authorizations for the use of radio frequencies to show your TV channels and radio stations, ensuring plurality and economic balance in the sector.
We ensure that the programmes you show comply with regulations on the protection of persons under 18, the treatment of information, the organization of election campaigns, advertising, and the representation of diversity in society.
Promoting and protecting creativity
Arcom ensures that service editors meet their obligations to invest in audiovisual and cinematic production, as well as their obligations to broadcast and exhibit these works.
We protect copyrighted works and royalties, encourage the development of legal supplies, and study public practices and usage.
Ensuring regulation of technical and economic players
Arcom summons frequencies assigned to the audiovisuel sector, guaranteeing reception quality for the public and optimal conditions of use for professionals.
Beyond the allocation of frequencies, economic regulation is exercised both in terms of access to audiovisual media service markets and in terms of relations between market players.
Guaranteeing plurality and social cohesion
Arcom ensures that audiovisuel service editors respect plurality in the expression of thought and opinion.
Arcom's societal responsibilities involve the entire sector in the pursuit of social cohesion objectives such as the representation of diversity in French society, women's rights, the fight agains discrimination of all kinds, public health, sustainable development, program accessibility for the disabled and the defense of the French language.
Supervise online platforms and social networks
Arcom is involved in issues relating to the activities of online platforms, notably in the fight against the manipulation of information or online hate.
We ensure that platforms implement their reporting and moderation obligations in a transparent and balanced way.
Getting to know us better
Arcom is the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication. It guarantees freedom of communication and oversees the financing of audiovisual creation and the protection of rights. Its regulation extends to online platforms such as social networks and search engines.
It accompanies the transformations of the audiovisuel and digital landscape and carries out its missions in the public interest and in consultation with professionals.