The company, in the first instance, had refused to provide the requested information, considering the data not to be of public interest
During the last Sanremo Festival there was a lot of talk about televoting. Many have denounced the avalanche of unregistered or bounced votes. The organization, based on its own regulations, did not make the results known, but a formal request was necessary from many quarters to make them known, led by Codacons who won the battle.
“Rai will have to provide Codacons and the Users’ Association with radio and television services – says the note issued by Codacons itself – all the data on Televoting relating to the Sanremo Festival 2024, among those that have not already been published online by the network“. The OK came from the Commission for access to administrative documents of the Presidency of the Council which accepted the appeal presented by the consumer association.
“The day after the last episode of the Festival-recalls the Consumers Association- characterized by some disservices and technical problems that had affected the televoting system, Codacons together with Assourt had presented a formal request for access to Rai requesting all the data on the votes cast by the individual members of the press room and radio juries; valid votes collected through televoting. Those invalidated and the related motivation; the data regarding any votes cast by the public at home and not collected by the system due to technical disruptions“.
Rai had refused to provide the requested information, considering the data not to be of public interest. The two associations therefore presented an appeal to the Access Commission, an appeal today accepted. “Our request was not aimed at knowing the percentages of votes obtained by the artists competing in Sanremo 2024 through the various juries – states the president of Codacons Carlo Rienzi – because these data are already public and accessible to all. What we want to know, and what Rai will now have to tell us, is how many votes were invalidated or not collected due to technical problems recorded during the final evening of the Festival”. Antonio Ricci’s satirical news program also covered the “case”. “Striscia la Notizia”.
