EU citizens embrace new geo-blocking laws DetailsEditor | 29 June 2019 Just over six months after new rules against unjustified geo-blocking of services began to apply, general consumer awareness of the new rules against restrictions is already high according to new research published by the European Commission.In the Eurobarometer survey, , half of EU citizens expressed general awareness of EU action to tackle unjustified discrimination by traders. However, the EC admitted that more efforts were needed to ensure wider knowledge of the specific digital rights enshrined in EU law, since only 29% of respondents knew which rights specifically concerned them.In December 2018, as part of the Digital Single Market project, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached agreement on copyright legislation for online and broadcast TV with nation states. The new rules were intended to make it easier for European broadcasters to make certain programmes available on their live TV or catch-up services online, and are designed to simplify the distribution of more radio and TV channels by retransmission operators.The survey showed that audio-visual and other electronically supplied copyright-protected content