TRIER STUDIES ON DIGITAL LAW / Content Regulation in the European Union

The Digital Services Act
2. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-7575-5095-0
Verlag: epubli

Buch, Deutsch, Band 1, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

Reihe: TRIER STUDIES ON DIGITAL LAW

Illegal and (lawful, but) harmful content – most notably hate speech and fake news, but also violent videos, copyright infringement, or child pornography – is a crucial problem on digital platforms like Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter. The EU’s 2022 Digital Services Act aims at tackling this problem by introducing an updated horizontal framework for all categories of content and activities on intermediary services. This raises several questions. How far do – national and European – free speech guarantees go? If hate speech can be banned to protect the victims’ rights, how can the prohibition of fake news be justified? What is the remaining leeway of the platforms for private content moderation? Who is responsible for fighting and taking down illegal content? How can the victims of de-platforming, content takedowns or shadow banning claim their right to freedom of opinion? Finally, how will these legal responsibilities be enforced? These questions are addressed in the articles of the edited volume, proceeding from the 2022 Annual Conference of the Institute for Digital Law Trier (IRDT).

Autoren/Hrsg.

von Ungern-Sternberg, Antje

G'Sell, Florence

Janal, Ruth

Kumkar, Lea Katharina

Steinebach, Martin

Wendel, Mattias

Über Autor(innen)

Steinebach, Martin
Professor and Group Leadership of the area Media Security and IT Forensics at Frauenhofer SIT, Darmstadt.

Kumkar, Lea Katharina
Assistant Professor of Civil Law, Commercial Law and Legal Issues of Digitalization at Trier University and Member of the IRDT.

Janal, Ruth
Professor of Private Law, Intellectual Property Law and Commercial Law at the University of Bayreuth.

Wendel, Mattias
Professor of Public Law, EU Law, International Law, Migration Law and Comparative Law at Leipzig University.

von Ungern-Sternberg, Antje
Professor of Public Law, Comparative Law, Law and Religion and Public International Law at Trier University as well as Director of the IRDT.

G'Sell, Florence
Professor of Private Law at the University of Lorraine, Nancy and holder of the Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair at Sciences Po, Paris.