Today the European Commission is due to issue its mid-term review for the EU Agenda for the Digital Single Market. eco Director of Policy & Law, Oliver Süme, comments: “The European Commission has recognized the numerous challenges posed by digitalization and is dedicated to following its vision of a common European...

Law encourages indiscriminate culture of deletion in the Internet Rather fast than thorough: notification before the end of the consultation period Sufficient legal regulation, enforcement must remain with the state The draft legislation presented by the German Federal Justice Minister for the so-called “Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz”...

Findings for 2016: 78% of the justified complaints worldwide were removed from the Internet Between freedom of expression and criminal law in times of hate speech & co Combating illegal content is a task for the whole of society The eco Complaints Office has for the first time published an Annual...

EU ancillary copyright law could slow down innovation in digitalization Missed target: The Commission’s proposal is one-sided and unbalanced The draft law is not compatible with European fundamental rights European ancillary copyright is no longer up to date, given recent rapid technological developments....

In an overarching statement, German associations demand a 10-point approach to technology and infrastructure neutrality Ten years ago, TV consumption predominantly took place in front of the television – whereas today, consumer behavior has profoundly changed in light of modern technologies. The present-day TV consumer...

2017 is election year in Germany; but despite this, the federal government should still continue to push for concrete objectives in Internet policy in the coming months, and not simply get into campaign mode. This was stressed by Michael Rotert, eco Chairman of the Board, at the eco New Year’s reception in Berlin yesterday. Rotert...

eco and SpaceNet push for a landmark decision Blanket data retention violates European civil rights Costs running into the millions for the Internet industry The Internet provider SpaceNet is seeking, with the support of eco, to get a court decision that it is not obligated to comply with the new German...