The law on Audio-visual media was accepted in 2020. It aims:
- to ensure everyone’s right to receive reliable information;
- to guarantee the right to freedom of expression of opinion;
- to guarantee editorial independence of persons rendering audiovisual media services;
- to guarantee independence of the body regulating the audio-visual media sector;
- to promote the development of a variety of audiovisual transfers.
As a result of implementation of the policy in the audio-visual media sector, it is expected to improve the quality of audio-visual products of public broadcasters, establish a favourable and prospective legal framework, create an equal competitive environment in the media sector, establish high-quality journalism, raise the level of media literacy, exclude hate speech, ensure effective media management, and ensure transparency of the ownership rights in the media sector.[1]
[1] UNESCO, regulation of the audio-visual sector Armenia report 2020: https://en.unesco.org/creativity/policy-monitoring-platform/regulation-audio-visual-media
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