The future of Internet regulation

My thoughts on the position of the European Parliament

 Posted on April 30, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  662 words  |  Marcel Kolaja  • Other languages: cs

The next upcoming legislation reforming fundamental rules governing the Internet in Europe is the Digital Services Act. It will impact platforms behavior when it comes to tackling hateful speech, unsafe products, or to decide if we will finally be able to use other social networks and talk to our friends on major social networks. Digital Services Act in the European Parliament The European Parliament is currently drafting several reports in order to give political guidance on what the future reform should include. [Read More]
content moderation  Digital Services Act  interoperability  notice and action 

Censorship machine in action again!

 Posted on March 26, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  363 words  |  Marcel Kolaja  • Other languages: cs

What happened? Last week, a couple of legitimate news articles and posts about COVID-19 disappeared from Facebook. My Facebook post raising awareness about the Union’s support for start-ups to fight COVID-19 got also caught up in this. Application for funds that were made available to support start-ups able to produce solution that could fight the virus was originally open until March 18, 2020. In an attempt to spread the news to all potential interested parties, several followers of mine notified me that they weren’t able to share my post raising awareness about this or links to Commission’s website. [Read More]
Artificial Intelligence  censorship  content moderation  COVID-19  Digital Services Act  TERREG 

Short-term rental services in big cities

 Posted on March 7, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  348 words  |  Marcel Kolaja  • Other languages: cs

We all know the concept of couch surfing, home swapping, and apartment sharing services that create an easy way to find accommodation for those who like to travel and a new way of getting to know other cultures. Some of the original initiatives grew into a more professional service offered by home sharing platforms in exchange for a commission. Innovation For consumers, the collaborative economy can provide benefits through new services, extended supply, and lower prices. [Read More]
Digital Services Act 

Thoughts on the European Digital Strategy

 Posted on February 19, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  646 words  |  Marcel Kolaja  • Other languages: cs

Together with the white paper on Artifical Intelligence, the Commission presented their digital strategy for the upcoming legislature: Shaping Europe’s digital future. The paper defines a three pillar strategy “that will ensure that Europe develops and pursues its own way of vibrant, globally competitive, value-based and inclusive digital economy and society.” My thoughts on this: Technology that works for people Cyber security: The strategy refers to the EU toolbox for 5G as an important milestone for achieving resilience. [Read More]
cyber security  Digital Services Act  digital tax  disinformation  FOSS  interoperability  Open Source  open technologies  Free Software