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Questions on media intermediary services’ transparency rules sent to ECJ

( November 4, 2025, 10:50 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: EU member states' powers to impose their own transparency rules on media services to protect diversity of opinion will be tested by the EU’s top court, according to questions referred across in a German legal dispute. A Berlin court has asked EU judges to rule on whether German law can require app-based “intermediary media services” — such as a platform hosting third-party podcasts — to disclose algorithms and selection criteria for presentation on the platform even if they are based in another EU country. The referral to the EU Court of Justice, published on Monday, also questioned whether the Digital Services Act fully harmonizes transparency obligations.EU court reference decision attached. The case reference is C-474/25 Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg....

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