Everyone involved was aware that an own-initiative motion from the European Parliament three months before the last plenary session had no chance of being considered by the Commission with a legislative proposal in this legislative period. And yet it was important for the European Parliament to demand that the Commission address the issue of remuneration […]
In June, when the EU population will go to the polls and elect the European Parliament for the tenth time, the future direction of the Union will be decided. Even though the EP still cannot elect a government, it is still more powerful on many issues than many of the national parliaments in the 27 […]
The EU Commission yesterday designated three pornography portals as very large online platforms under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The providers had previously stated that they had fewer than 45 million users in the EU. However, the Commission doubted that the operators’ counting method was correct and, for its part, made assessments that led to […]
With the Digital Services Act (DDG), the national regulations accompanying the Digital Services Act are being brought into law after months of dispute and a significant delay. The distribution of responsibilities between the German supervisory authorities in the DDG remained controversial until the very end. Up until the beginning of December, the question of whether […]
The supervisory authority for the largest platform providers under the Digital Services Act (DSA) has initiated formal proceedings against X under Article 66. In a maximum case, the platform could face a fine of 6 percent of its annual turnover – if misconduct is actually identified and not remedied.The EU Commission has already sent requests […]
The European Media Freedom Act has been negotiated. It was intended to be the EU’s response to the deaths of journalists such as Jan Kuciak in Slovakia and the Maltese blogger Daphne Caureanea Galizia. The EMFA was also supposed to counteract the influence of governments on the media, excessive media concentration and double regulation of […]
There was a time when new social networks were either applauded or slated. But Threads, Meta’s new platform, seems to be neither – now that it has been made available in the EU after a few adjustments. The Twitter, sorry, X alternative is just the umpteenth alternative to the original, which continues to suffer under […]
The Federation of German Consumer Organizations has criticized the inadequate implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) by operators. The consumer advocates have randomly scrutinized several online platforms and search engines to check whether they comply with the provisions of the DSA. However, in the view of the association, this has so far only been […]
344,132 posts on Telegram, Reddit, YouTube and X (formerly Twitter) were used by the Fundamental Rights Agency for a closer examination. The content was in Bulgarian, Swedish, Italian and German. These languages are considered less well-researched in hate speech research. The researchers also assumed that the selected language areas differed significantly both socially and in […]
Following the NIS2 and CER directives, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is the next building block for greater security in Europe. The aim of the compromise reached in the final trilogue meeting on Thursday evening: to increase the security of networked light bulbs, thermostats, toasters and webcams in Europe and the security requirements for software. […]