ARCOM
France's audiovisual and digital communication regulator (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique) — the French Digital Services Coordinator under the DSA.
What ARCOM means
ARCOM (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique) is France's independent audiovisual and digital communication regulator, established January 2022 by merging the former CSA (broadcasting regulator) and HADOPI (copyright). ARCOM serves as France's designated Digital Services Coordinator under the EU Digital Services Act, with responsibilities including supervising hosting services and intermediaries established in France, coordinating with the European Commission on VLOP enforcement, certifying trusted flaggers, and processing user complaints. ARCOM additionally enforces French statutes on online content including the 2018 anti-manipulation-of-information law (electoral period), the 2020 Avia law (terrorist/CSAM expedited takedown), child-protection-online rules (2023 age-verification mandate for adult content), and broadcasting impartiality rules. ARCOM publishes formal decisions, recommendations, and DSA-related action through arcom.fr. AuditSocials monitors ARCOM DSA decisions, age-verification enforcement, and recommendations affecting in-scope social platforms.