The Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment (MSI-eREG) held its second meeting on 14–15 September 2026, hosted by the Luxembourg authorities. The meeting took place at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg.

Operating under the authority of the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI), MSI-eREG is preparing a Guidance Note on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment, aimed at supporting media regulators in remaining independent, effective and properly equipped in an increasingly platform-driven media landscape.

The meeting was chaired by Stephanie Comey (Ireland), Chair of MSI-eREG, and opened by Céline Flammang, member of the CDMSI and its Bureau in respect of Luxembourg and Senior Policy Adviser at the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy of the Ministry of State. Mark D. Cole, Luxembourg member of MSI-eREG and Professor at the University of Luxembourg, played an important role in facilitating the meeting at the University.

A central part of the meeting was dedicated to hearings with representatives of online platforms and services, including Amazon, Bulle, Eurosky, Google, Mastodon, Meta, Seznam.cz and Tribela. The hearings provided the Committee with a range of perspectives on developments in the platform environment and their implications for media regulation, feeding into the preparation of the Guidance Note.

The Committee also considered related Council of Europe standard-setting work, including the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on online safety and empowerment of users and content creators, the Guidance Note on the Implications of Generative AI for Freedom of Expression, and the work of the Committee of Experts on Safeguarding Media Pluralism in the Online Environment (MSI-ePLU). Aneta Gonţa, Chair of MSI-ePLU and Chair of the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Moldova, engaged with MSI-eREG members in an exchange on the ongoing work to safeguard media pluralism in the online environment and its relevance to media regulation.

The second day included an exchange with the Luxembourg Independent Authority for Audiovisual Media (ALIA) and its Director, Cindy Bauwens, bringing the practical experience of a national regulatory authority to the Committee’s deliberations.

Building on its first meeting in Strasbourg in March 2026, the Committee devoted substantial working sessions to the draft Guidance Note, drawing on the hearings and exchanges held during the meeting.

The next meeting of MSI-eREG will take place on 11–12 February 2027 in Paris, where the Committee will continue its work towards completing the Guidance Note by the end of 2027