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eco on the Application Launch of the Digital Services Act: “Internet service providers are already combatting illegal content on their platforms out of their own interest”

The Digital Services Act (DSA) was passed in the EU Parliament in November 2022 and is intended to set the standards for a safer and more open digital space for users and a level playing field for companies within the EU in the coming years.  Among other insights, eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme has the following to say: “Internet service providers are already combatting illegal content on their platforms out of their own interest."

date 2023/08/25

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eco’s key aspects concerning the CSAM Regulation

On 11 May 2022, the EU Commission published its proposal for the CSAM Regulation calling for a variety of new provisions for providers of online services, the designation of so-called “Coordinating Authorities” in the Member States and the establishment of a European Centre to prevent and combat child sexual abuse.

date 2023/07/24

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eco Chair Oliver Süme: Do not Overload DSA with Special Regulations

Commenting on the Digital Services Act adopted today by the EU Member States, eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme says that the aim should be to maintain a clear line and not to overload the instrument with special regulations.

date 2021/12/13

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Online Protection of Children and Teenagers

How can illegal content on the Internet be effectively combated? We interviewed Dr. Alexander Kleist, Public Policy Lead of Instagram in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, about child safety on Internet platforms like Instagram. He is a keynote speaker of the first pre-summit session of the eco Trust&Safety Summit on 17 August 2021.

date 2021/08/17

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Laying the Ground in Brussels: On the Path to Europe’s Digital Decade?

The groundwork for digitalization’s legal path and an increasingly data-driven economy is being laid primarily in Brussels. This is particularly evident this year, with the European Commission having taken up a series of projects which will decisively Europe’s digital and data legal framework over the next decade.

date 2021/04/16

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Criminal Online Trade: “Current draft law places every platform on the Internet under general suspicion”

In future, the German federal government wants to take tougher action against operators of criminal trading platforms on the Internet. To this end, the cabinet will discuss a corresponding draft of the Federal Ministry of Justice, which is to amend the German Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure accordingly.

date 2021/02/10

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eco on EU Copyright Reform

“The new regulations on ancillary copyright for press publishers included in the latest draft law, in combination with the planned upload filters, will lead to a deep incision into freedom of expression and stunt the development of new and innovative platforms throughout the whole of Europe,” says eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme.

date 2021/02/03

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eco Association Cautions Lawmakers Against a Rushed-Through Anti-Hate Law

In light of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the German federal government plans to have the “repaired” version of the law on combating right-wing extremism and hate crime on the Internet confirmed by the Bundestag in an expedited procedure before the end of January. The eco Association views the events in Washington with the utmost gravity, but takes a critical stance on the expedited procedure for a law that has been deemed questionable under constitutional law.  

date 2021/01/11

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Network Enforcement Act: eco Association Cautions Against Further Bureaucratic Constraints on Social Networks

eco warns against unilaterally defining further requirements for social network operators at the national level until the interplay between the DSA and the German Network Enforcement Act has been conclusively regulated.

date 2021/01/06

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eco Association on the German Network Enforcement Act: Federal Government Must Improve Legislative Package

Owing to constitutional concerns, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has for the moment suspended the drafting of the law on combating right-wing extremism and hate crime. Going back a number of months, eco – Association of the Internet Industry had already expressed considerable constitutional and data protection concerns about the draft law.

date 2020/10/12

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