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eco BXLtalk 2025 co-hosted by SAP AI vs. GDPR: How to ensure...

Join us in Brussels for the eco BXLtalk panel discussion co-hosted by SAP "AI vs. GDPR: How to ensure a futureproof GDPR enabling AI in the EU?" followed by a networking reception to strengthen relationships with key participants and decision makers in the room.

date 2025/06/04 placeBrussels

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eco Managing Director Alexander Rabe Elected to the German Digital Services Coordinator Advisory Board

On 4 July, the German Bundestag elected the members of the Digital Services Coordinator Advisory Board. Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of the eco Association, was elected to the Advisory Board with a cross-party majority as one of four representatives from industry associations.

date 2024/07/05

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German Digital Services Act: eco Welcomes the Legal Certainty for Companies and Consumers, but Warns of the Risks of Blocking Internet Content

The Digital Services Act adopted by the German federal cabinet on 20 December 2023 is intended to transpose the European DSA into German law and ensure trustworthy digital services in Germany. Today, the law was passed by the German Federal Council.

date 2024/04/26

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Passage of the Digital Services Act (DDG): eco Association emphasises significance for companies and consumers, but criticises the blocking of Internet content

The German Bundestag passed the German Digital Services Act (DDG) on 21 March 2024. The eco Aassociation takes a critical view of the fact that legislators are sticking to the blocking of Internet content provided for in the German Telemedia Act (TMG).

date 2024/03/22

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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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