02 May, 2024 Commission Guidelines on Systematic Risks - Electoral Processes By Gavin Woods Heidi Waem Darach Connolly Claire O'Brien Emer McEntaggart +2 more... Show less Introduction 2024 has been tipped as not just an election year but “the election year”, with at least 64 countries plus the EU electing...
21 Feb, 2024 DSA: What's happening on the ground in Ireland? By Emer McEntaggart Darach Connolly Gavin Woods Claire O'Brien Sarah Kelly +2 more... Show less What is the latest news? This week, the Irish Digital Services Act 2024 (Irish DSA) formally entered into law to give further effect to...
30 Jun, 2023 Digital Services Act: Zalando challenges VLOP designation By Emer McEntaggart Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Heidi Waem +1 more... Show less In this post, we look at what constitutes a very large online platform (VLOP) or very large online search engine (VLOSE), who has been...
22 Jun, 2023 Media Commission in Ireland announces its plans for online safety and implementation of the Digital Services Act for 2023 By Emer McEntaggart Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Michael Twomey +1 more... Show less On 20 June, the Media Commission in Ireland (Commission), three months after its establishment under the Online Safety and Media...
14 Apr, 2023 Digital Services Act: EDPS's opinion and public consultation By Raf Schoefs On 15 December 2020, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA would replace the...
28 Mar, 2023 DSA: A new era for online dispute resolution – with an Irish twist By Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Michael Twomey There are many perspectives on the challenges of dealing with illegal content online. Complainants have had to weigh up if reporting a...
10 Mar, 2023 The Digital Services Act – a new set of regulations for online platforms By Stefan Engels Nico Brunotte Jonas Mücke Christina Faltermeier +1 more... Show less What is the Digital Services Act? On 16 November 2022, the Digital Services Act (hereinafter referred to as: "DSA") has come into force....
23 Feb, 2023 Ireland enacts its Online Safety and Media Regulation Act and appoints its first Media Commission By Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Emer McEntaggart CHANGE IS HERE After many years of debate, Ireland has finally adopted bold new rules on online content which are expected to...
16 Aug, 2022 "Who's who" under the DMA, DSA, DGA and Data Act By Heidi Waem INTRODUCTION As part of its data strategy, the European Commission has presented a number of legislative instruments, including the...
11 May, 2022 The Digital Services Act – Ground rules for online platforms By Gabriele Engels On 23 April 2022 another important step was taken towards realizing the EU’s ambitious goal to make Europe “Fit for the Digital Age”; the...
28 Jun, 2021 CJEU YouTube judgment: Do platform operators communicate to the public and are they liable for illegal user content? By Raf Schoefs The question whether an online intermediary, such as a platform operator, can be held liable for illegal user content is at the center of...
16 Dec, 2020 EU digital reform: Brussels seeks to regulate Big Tech and other digital services By Alexandra Kamerling Kit Burden Daniel Colgan Alistair White +1 more... Show less Europe’s legal framework for digital services has been fundamentally unchanged since the adoption of the e-Commerce Directive1 in 2000....
18 Jun, 2020 Update 2.0 to the Digital Services Act - Farewell to the "Notice-and-takedown" procedure? By Nico Brunotte The European Commission is working on a Digital Services Act, which is intended to reform the liability and security rules for platforms...
04 Jun, 2020 Update on the Digital Services Act - European Commission plans stricter regulations for platform operators By Nico Brunotte The European Commission has announced that it is working on a Digital Services Act to redesign liability and security rules for platforms...