The EU Commission has presented guidelines on how large platform operators should prepare for the upcoming elections concerning disinformation and the exertion of influence under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The rules are not binding but are recommendations.Articles 34 and 35 of the DSA oblige the largest providers to identify and mitigate risks arising from […]
The Digital Services Act passed by the Bundestag on Thursday primarily defines the responsibilities for enforcing the DSA within the Federal Republic. It establishes an independent body within the Federal Network Agency, which will also serve as the Digital Services Coordinator in the European Committee of DSA Authorities. The state media authorities, the Federal Commissioner […]
Ursula von der Leyen smiled amiably into the cameras at the weekend: the EU Commission President had struck a deal with the Egyptian ruler and former general Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi. He urgently needs money, and the EU is offering it to him: €7.4 billion, €200 million of which is for migration programs. In return, the […]
As the supervisory authority for the largest providers operating in the EU, the Commission has now initiated formal proceedings against AliExpress. The online marketplace of the Chinese B2B provider Alibaba is also very well-known in Europe, with 104 million users in the EU according to its own figures.As the Commission announced on Thursday, the investigation […]
The fear is great: Could Russia’s ruler Vladimir Putin try to influence the European Parliament elections? If so, how? More and more citizens are becoming less trusting of democracy in opinion polls, said EU Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová in the European Parliament this week. This should not be the case and the integrity of elections […]
The plenary of the European Parliament has adopted the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) by a large majority. Among other things, this means that new transparency obligations for media ownership, media-specific rules for moderating content on social media platforms and additional minimum standards for the rule of law when monitoring journalists will come into force […]
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has presented the EU Commission with a difficult choice: Either it manages to operate Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud office software in compliance with data protection law. Or it must cease all data transfers to Microsoft and service providers outside the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation or adequacy […]
The Taurus leak did not make any major waves at the headquarters of NATO and the EU on Monday. However, the fact that senior German military officials are communicating via unsecured channels is causing diplomats to frown. Germany is the number one target of Russian disinformation and influence peddling, something that has apparently still not […]
The European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA has published a study on what best practices could look like in the event of a cyber crisis. Cyber crises are considered to be large-scale, cross-national incidents. In the study, the authors use the objectives of the revised Network and Information Security Directive (currently still under consultation […]
The EU Commission wants to re-regulate the telecommunications market in the next legislative period with the Digital Networks Act (DNA) – with highly controversial ideas that were presented in Brussels on Wednesday. The FDP-led Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) has criticized some ideas from Brussels under the title “Future of Connectivity.”The Wissing Ministry […]