Mass media regulation
[2] This regulation, via law, rules or procedures, can have various goals, for example intervention to protect a stated "public interest", or encouraging competition and an effective media market, or establishing common technical standards.
[3] The principal targets of mass media regulation are the press, radio and television, but may also include film, recorded music, cable, satellite, storage and distribution technology (discs, tapes etc.
[5] Commercial mass media controlled by economic market forces are not always delivering a product that satisfies all needs.
Political news are often trivialized and reduced to tabloid journalism, slogans, sound bites, spin, horse race reporting, celebrity scandals, populism, and infotainment.
[6] This is regarded as a problem for the democratic process when the commercial news media fail to provide balanced and thorough coverage of political issues and debates.
In order to do that, those would need to go to Egypt's “Supreme Council for the Administration of the Media.” At the early period of the modern history of China, the relationship between government and society was extremely unbalanced.
The previous unbalanced structure between powered government and weak society was loosed by the policy in some level, but not truly changed until the emergence of Internet.
Since then, the internet has changed communication methods, media structure and overthrown the pattern of public voice expression in China.
These laws are created by governing bodies to protect consumers from predatory business practices by ensuring that fair competition exists in an open-market economy.
To reduce hate crime and speech, the 2008 Framework Decision deemed that it is illegal to encourage and spread any form of hatred based on a person's race, nationality, ethnicity, and religion.
[26] The media systems in Scandinavian countries are twin-duopolistic with powerful public service broadcasting and periodic strong government intervention.
The rise of the advertising industry helped the most powerful newspapers grow increasingly, while the little publications were struggling at the bottom of the market.
Because of the lack of diversity in the newspaper industry, the Norwegian Government took action, affecting the true freedom of speech.
The condition for news media to achieve this role is the peaceful environment of diversity of editorial ownership and free speech.
White Paper No.57 claimed that real content diversity can only be attained by a pluralistically owned and independent editorial media whose production is founded on the principles of journalistic professionalism.
[32] Broadcast media (TV, radio, video on demand), telecommunications, and postal services are regulated by Ofcom.
The FCC helps to maintain many areas regarding regulation which includes fair competition, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security.
In 2021, President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree setting out an intention to curb arbitrary removal of social media accounts through new legislation.
[44] Indonesian Ministerial Regulation #5 (MR5) grants the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology the authority to compel any individual, business entity or community that operates "electronic systems" (ESOs) to restrict or remove any content deemed to be in violation of Indonesia's laws within 24 hours.
[45] The Myanmar government drafted a law in February 2021 that would empower authorities to "order internet shutdowns, disrupt or block online services, ban service providers, intercept user accounts, access personal data of users and force the removal of any content on demand."
The Chinese screenwriter Wang Xingdong stated that regulation over literature and art should be based on laws and not the preference of some individuals.
