Platform regulation in Germany and the EU

Publikation

Researcher access to platform data under the DSA: Questions and answers

Study

European policymakers – pushed by academia and civil society – included a data access provision for researchers in the EU's rulebook for online...
July 28, 2023
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung / Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung [ENG: Max Planck Institute for Human Development]
Publikation

Platform oversight: Here is what a strong Digital Services Coordinator should look like

Policy Brief

An edited, shorter version of the German SNV paper with recommendations for a DSC was published on Verfassungsblog as part of their online symposium...
October 13, 2022
Publikation

New EU Rules for Digital Services: Why Germany Needs Strong Platform Oversight Structures

Policy Brief

Note: This paper was originally published in May 2022 , prior to the conclusion of negotiations on the DSA. The information on the wording and...
October 10, 2022
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
Publikation

Overview of DSA delegated acts, reports and codes of conduct

Impulse

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an upcoming EU law that will apply to hosting service provides, online platforms, search engines and video sites...
September 12, 2022
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
Publikation

Overview of DSA articles

Impulse

During the negotiations for the EU’s Digital Services Act (“DSA”), some articles were moved and added, which have been renumbered in the final...
September 12, 2022
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
Publikation

Strengthening EU proposals on deceptive platform design

Policy Brief

Executive Summary The design of digital platforms like social networks, search engines, online shops and video apps shapes billions of people’s...
March 15, 2022
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
Publikation

The DSA Draft: Ambitious Rules, Weak Enforcement Mechanisms

Policy Brief

Executive Summary The decades of platforms playing only by their own rules and outdated laws are coming to an end in the European Union (EU). The...
May 25, 2021
Publikation

Defining Online Political Advertising

Impulse

Finding guidelines to ensure fair online political campaigning will be one of the key issues for European policymakers to tackle when devising...
November 24, 2020
Publikation

Rules for Fair Digital Campaigning

Policy Brief

Download the Paper as PDF Election campaigns and other political campaigns have long moved from the street to the web. Online, political parties and...
June 08, 2020
Publikation

Tackling Disinformation: Going Beyond Content Moderation

Policy Brief

Considering disinformation in a transatlantic context, authors from French think tank Institut Montainge, the GMF's Alliance for Securing Democracy...
November 15, 2019
Institut Montaigne und GMF Alliance for Securing Democracy
Publikation

Regulatory Reactions to Disinformation

Policy Brief

Download the Paper (PDF) Deliberate deception, spreading falsehoods and hate speech are not new phenomena of the digital media environment but rather...
October 15, 2019