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Art. 21 DSA is a new, unusual and interesting framework to settle disputes over online content moderation decisions. By now, the first four online dispute settlement bodies (ODS-bodies) have been certified, and most of them have already started taking cases. In this article, based on recent interviews with representatives from all certified bodies, I will explore how these very first ODS-bodies are set up and which very first experiences they have made.

In this article, I will demonstrate how some major platforms are failing to ​properly ​implement the Digital Service Act's (DSA) rules on notice and action mechanisms. In my view, many platforms are ​unduly ​nudging potential notice-senders to submit weak, largely unregulated Community Standards flags. At the same time, platforms are actively deterring users from submitting (strong) notices regulated under the DSA.

Das von der Bundesregierung vorgeschlagene Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz (DDG-E) soll im Bundestag bis zum März abschließend verhandelt werden und dann schon im April in Kraft treten. Ein wichtiger Aspekt des Gesetzentwurfs erhält bisher zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit: Was genau soll eigentlich das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) nach § 13 DDG-E - der nationalen „Begleitgesetzgebung” zu Art. 18 Digital Services Act (DSA) - machen? Ist diese Rolle im gegenwärtigen Entwurf hinreichend abgesichert? Und bedarf es dafür wirklich - wie geplant - 450 Stellen?

This week for the second time in history the Irish Government has announced its intention to lodge an Inter-State application against the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Irish government argues that the Northern Ireland Troubles (Reconciliation and Legacy) Act 2023 which was enacted in September 2023 and provides an extensive conditional amnesty is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

Over a year ago, the European Commission presented its Proposal for a Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (COM(2021) 731 final). Recently, the Council presented its General Approach, followed by the position of the European Parliament (EP). While stakeholders are waiting for the trilogue negotiations to shape the final text of the legislation, critical voices are raising concerns. Concerns are that under the future regulation online platforms might have to de-amplify such independent content

Zum Verordnungs-Entwurf der Europäischen Kommission über die Transparenz und das Targeting politischer Werbung (COM(2021) 731 final) liegt inzwischen die Gemeinsame Ausrichtung des Rats der Europäischen Union als auch die gemeinsame Position des Europäischen Parlaments vor. Nun beginnen die abschließenden Trilog-Verhandlungen. Dem VO-Entwurf geht es um die Eindämmung von Gefahren durch politische Online-Desinformationskampagnen. Aufhorchen lassen Stimmen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, die eine zu weitgehende Erfassung auch privater oder unabhängiger politischer Meinungskundgabe fürchten.

Neste trabalho, considerarei algumas perspectivas suscitadas pela recepção estética de práticas artísticas associadas ao uso exploratório e transgressivo da tecnologia. O eixo de discussão será a noção de diferença vinculada a essa abordagem hacker, conforme a proposta de McKenzie Wark construída a partir do legado deleuziano. Em contraponto a essa compreensão específica da diferença, revisarei aspectos encontrados em vertentes ligadas ao pensamento de Jacques Derrida e Niklas Luhmann. Com isso, pretendo apontar algumas vias comuns de compreensão a respeito dos processos que constituem as corporeidades tecnológicas dos trabalhos de arte hacker. Seus resultados podem então ser percebidos como manifestações estéticas das operações derivadas das diferenças sistêmicas que frequentemente concernem tanto o artificial quanto o orgânico. A partir disso, considerarei como os impulsos e respostas sensório-motoras articulados pela arte hacker correspondem a um embaralhamento das qualificações estéticas ligadas à vida singularizada e política (βίος), em correspondência aos fatores artefatuais explorados e transgredidos com base na tecnologia. A esta artefatualidade farei aqui referência por meio do uso homofônico e metonímico do acrônimo BI/OS, usado para designar o sistema básico de entrada (input) e saída (output) que fundamenta a operação do hardware computacional, ou seja, a sua corporeidade. Palavras-chave: Diferença e Tecnologia, Sistemas, Hackeamento, Artemídia.

Cet article se base sur l’analyse de contenu d’une centaine de textes législatifs et règlementaires produits entre 1900 et 2015 par l’institution scolaire du canton de Fribourg. Il met en évidence différents événements révélateurs de la manière dont la question des élèves considérés comme troublés et/ou handicapés a été gérée au fil du temps. Il montre notamment la rémanence de formes d’exclusion des élèves dont les comportements dérangent, ceci malgré le développement du principe d’intégration. à l’heure où les politiques scolaires suisses se veulent résolument intégratives et que certains cantons commencent à inscrire le principe d’inclusion dans leurs lois, cet article illustre et questionne la séparation de certains élèves, une séparation assumée dans le passé, davantage camouflée actuellement.

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According to Art. 18 of the Commission’s draft for a Digital Services Act, Member States shall certify out-of-court dispute settlement bodies which might – at the request of online platform users – review platform decisions. While well-intentioned, this introduction of quasi-courts is incompatible with European Law.

Nachdem es hierzu in den vergangenen Tagen schon Gerüchte gab, hat das Verwaltungsgericht Köln heute bestätigt, dass Google Ireland Limited, welche YouTube betreibt, in der Hauptsache negative Feststellungsklage gegen die Bundesrepublik Deutschland vor dem VG Köln erhoben und parallel Eilrechtsschutz beantragt hat. Google möchte klären, dass der neue § 3a NetzDG (sog. BKA-Meldepflicht) sowie der neue § 4a Abs. 3 NetzDG (Auskunftspflicht des Anbieters im Aufsichtsverfahren) unwirksam sind, beziehungsweise hieraus keine Pflichten für YouTube folgen. Wenn YouTube hier Erfolg hat, könnte das wohl das ganze NetzDG zu Fall bringen.

Art. 18 of the draft Digital Services Act will introduce new dispute settlement processes. This addresses a legitimate policy concern, namely the need to enable effective recourse mechanisms for platform decisions. However, the concept fails when trying to combine the best of two worlds: solving disputes through real courts as well as through self-regulation. Art. 18 DSA raises serious concerns and should be substantially modified.

Due diligence obligations for online platforms are probably the most relevant aspect of the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA). However, the DSA’s proposed oversight structure is based on the country of origin approach, which has proven difficult in the past. An alternative oversight model which would allow for all Member States, especially the ones who are willing and capable to spend resources to contribute to the oversight over very large platforms, is preferable.