Remarkably, the Commission intends, as part of the strategy, to put forward a legislation to make it mandatory for internet service providers to detect, remove and report child sexual abuse. Main elements of […]
Commission opens public consultation on disinformation and democracy
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a European Democracy Action Plan: “Protecting European democracy from interference and manipulation”. The consultation is open for feedback until 15 September 2020. The […]
Where can the new Privacy Shield decision impact the most?
Today’s Court of Justice ruling invalidating the EU-US Data Protection Shield it is of paramount importance in the relationships between EU and US and will have a strong impact on transatlantic businesses, […]
GDPR in need for a centralized enforcement system to properly work with global platforms
The European Commission published a report about the GDPR to assess two years of implementation of the famous data protection regulation. This assessment was well awaited, also in light of the pending negotiation of the e-privacy regulation […]
The European Commission’s roadmap for its Security Union Strategy is out
The European Commission has released its proposal for roadmap on its Security Union Strategy for 2020-2024. The final document is expected to be published by Q3 2020 in the form of a Communication. […]
The Australian way to publisher’s rights
The Australian Government intends to instruct the national competition authority (ACCC) to force Google and Facebook to pay-up for news content through a new specific piece of legislation named News Media Bargaining […]
From ex-post to ex-ante: does European Internet regulation go telecom-style?
3 new consultations opened Today the European Commission published its well-awaited public consultation on the Digital Services Package. The deadline to respond is 8 September 2020. The consultation revolves around the […]
The European audiovisual sector and geo-blocking: is it time for a European reform on the style of roaming?
The fragmentation of the European audiovisual market In a few weeks the European Commission will return to a controversial issue, that is, the persistent geographical segmentation of the European audiovisual market. In […]
The European data protection authorities intervene about corona-virus
Among the nonsense that we hear these days in the fight against Covid19, there is the one whereby current European rules on privacy and protection of personal data would weaken governments’ fight […]
European Commission sends signals in favor of encryption
The European bubble in Brussels is currently rumbling about a story concerning Instant Messaging. The European Commission is reported to have sent guidelines to its employees regarding the use of Instant Messaging […]