The Culture and Education Committee (CULT) of the European Parliament adopted its positions on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) yesterday. This paves the way for a plenary vote in the European Parliament on the negotiating mandate.Some CULT members did not want to endorse several recommendations from the LIBE Committee because they feared that this […]
A major point of contention is the current Article 17 of the EMFA. After the Digital Services Act established moderation obligations for all content on platforms and search engines, and an exception for professional media subject to their own sets of rules failed, the exception to the DSA moderation rules is now to come via […]
In Germany, obtaining citizenship has long been regarded as the end of the integration process. In times of labor shortages and demographic change, however, it is increasingly seen as a factor of attractiveness. Only those who offer a realistic prospect of naturalization are really attractive target countries for the talent they are looking for.“A modern […]
Four months after its naming, the DSA obligations for the 19 identified offerings classified as particularly large entities are now in effect. “They’ve had enough time to adapt their systems to the new regulations,” says EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton. The Commission will enforce the DSA diligently and utilize its new powers, the Commissioner […]
When the agreement was reached, he presented himself as the sheriff who wanted to finally bring the Wild West behavior of the major platforms under control – but Thierry Breton will hardly shoot faster than his shadow, even starting tomorrow, when the Digital Services Act applies to the largest providers. “Complying with the DSA rules […]
The draft bill for the Digital Services Act was supposed to have been submitted in the spring. Now the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport has presented it. On the one hand, it clarifies the structure of supervision of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Germany. And as expected, the Federal Network Agency under […]
Non-profit software provider Mozilla and several dozen civil society organizations have demanded clarification from Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton on statements about the possible blocking of digital providers.In an interview with FranceInfo on July 10 on the occasion of the riots in France, Breton had said, “When there is hateful content, content that calls, for […]
After the Council and the lead ITRE committee officially finalized their positions on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) last week, the next law to increase digital resilience and make attacks more difficult is now entering the home stretch. But the first points of contention for the trilogue and with other players are already emerging. One […]
The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is intended to harmonize a wide range of media law issues across Europe. The spectrum ranges from questions about the treatment of media content on third-party platforms and the protection of journalists to issues of media concentration and state influence on the media. The Committee on Culture (CULT) thus […]
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders wants to improve enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation across Europe by means of a small reform. At the heart of the project are rules for the parties involved in the procedure, cooperation between the data protection supervisory authorities and the introduction of fixed deadlines. Even the question of […]