Sep 21, 2023 Online Safety Bill approved by Parliament and ready for Royal Assent By Ally Clark Duncan Calow On 19 September 2023, the Online Safety Bill (the Bill) passed its final parliamentary debate and is now ready to receive Royal Assent....
Jun 30, 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...
Jun 22, 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...
Apr 14, 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...
Mar 28, 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...
Mar 10, 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....
Feb 23, 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...
Aug 16, 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...
May 11, 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...
Jun 28, 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...
Dec 16, 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....