The Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) met in Strasbourg on 7-9 December 2022 to assess progress on the preparation of new policy instruments:

• Draft guidelines on the use of digital tools including artificial intelligence (AI) for journalism;
• Collection of good practices for sustainable media financing – questionnaire on the national legislation and practices in the field
• Draft guidance note on countering the spread of online mis- and disinformation through fact-checking and platform design solutions in a human rights compliant manner
• Draft recommendation on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)

Committee members were also informed on latest developments in the work of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) and had an exchange of views with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Dunja Mijatović; with Ms Cecilia Dalman Eek, Vice-President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and with META representatives on users’ rights.

Mr Audrius Perkauskas, representative of the European Commission, presented the latest developments related to the future Media Service Act.

On this occasion the report “Community media - contributions to citizens’ participation” was presented by its co-author Ms Nadia Bellardi.

During the meeting Mr Taavo Lumiste (Estonia) and Inge Welbergen (The Netherlands) were re-elected as Chair and Vice Chair of CDMSI, while Aneta Gonța (Moldova) was elected as Bureau member.

For MSI-INF, Declan Shaw (United Kingdom) and Nicole-Sapfo Stellou  (Greece) were elected as members to fill two existing vacant seats.