In line with the provisions of Article 5(2), (3) and (4) of Legislative Decree No 70 of 2003 (which transposes Directive 2000/31/EC), the Authority may intervene through the limitation of programs, user-generated videos and audiovisual commercial communications conveyed by a video sharing platform whose provider is established in another Member State exclusively to ensure the following general purposes: a) protection of minors from content that may harm their physical, mental or moral development; b) countering incitement to racial, sexual, religious, or ethnic hatred and the violation of human dignity; c) consumer protection, including investors.

The above-mentioned regulation aims at ensuring the application of the provisions of Article 41(7) of the TUSMA (the Act on audiovisual media services) under which, without prejudice to Articles 14 to 17 of Legislative Decree No 70 of 9 April 2003, it is provided that the free movement of programs, user-generated videos and audiovisual commercial communications, conveyed by a platform whose video-sharing provider is established in another Member State and addressed to the Italian public may be limited by decision of the Authority, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2), (3) and (4) of Legislative Decree No 70 of 2003, for certain purposes: a) protection of minors from content that may harm their physical, mental or moral development; b) countering incitement to racial, sexual, religious, or ethnic hatred and the violation of human dignity; c) consumer protection, including investors.