Digital Services Act

My amendments to the Saliba draft report

 Posted on May 23, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  200 words  |  Marcel Kolaja  • Other languages: cs

In my previous blog post, I analyzed the new Digital Services Act draft report from Alex Agius Saliba, which will serve as one of the main reports for the Parliament opinion on the future Internet regulation governing platforms behavior towards illegal content on-line. Last week, I filed amendments (1, 2) in order to remedy the problems with the report. While correcting the issues mentioned in my previous post, I also included some new additions: [Read More]
content moderation  Digital Services Act  hate speech  interoperability 

Lessons learned from the Avia law

Warning: French on-line hate speech law to be adopted tomorrow!

 Posted on May 12, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  559 words  |  Marcel Kolaja  • Other languages: cs, de

While the European Union is about to start the process leading to the adoption of the Digital Services Act, a.k.a. the future Internet regulation, France—as one of the most powerful countries in the Council—proceeds with its own legislation. On May 13, the French Avia law governing platforms conduct regarding hate speech on-line, shall get adopted in the final reading. The text has been voted previously in the Assemblée Nationale. [Read More]
content moderation  Digital Services Act  hate speech