This was 2023 from a digital rights perspective: We look back on an eventful year.

Government Spyware , Chat Control , Privacy and Data Protection , Digital Euro - Right to Cash , eID , Net Neutrality , Platform Regulation , PNR , Transparency/Open Government , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention , Data Retention , Whistleblowing

Online platforms remain tricky terrain. How should we treat this quasi-public space, where anyone who has the necessary reach can speak to and mobilise thousands in the blink of an eye? To achieve something comparable in the analogue era, you needed a broadcast licence, and these licences were…

Platform Regulation

It comes as no surprise that 2021 too will be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and political activity will focus on the battle against the infectious disease. Nevertheless, there are many issues advancing in the background which need to be worked on. Many of these have been on our radar for…

HEAT , Copyright , Surveillance Package , Privacy and Data Protection , Platform Regulation , Face Recognition , AMS

On September 3rd the Austrian government released a legislative package to tackle online hate speech. Besides a comprehensive justice reform, the package also contains a bill that creates new obligations for online platforms to remove illegal user-generated content. This article offers a first…

Platform Regulation

To foster the debate about one of the most complicated digital rights issues of our time, epicenter.works releases today its first draft for a proposal on platform regulation. What regulation is needed for the digital world we live in and how can we strengthen the values that we need to safeguard in…

Platform Regulation

The responsibility of communications platforms like Google, Twitter, and Facebook for their users’ online activities is a key factor affecting innovation and free speech in the 21st century. Still, the degree of liability for intermediaries – and the extent of online speech regulation – varies…

Platform Regulation

Press mentions on this topic

Title Date Publication Publication details Type of publication Mentioned
11/07/2023 Tagesspiegel Backgroud Web yes
11/03/2023 Netzpolitik.org Web yes
11/02/2023 derstandard.at Web yes
10/26/2023 Netzpolitik.org Web yes
10/26/2023 Kurier S24 Print yes
10/25/2023 ORF ZIB3 Television yes
10/24/2023 ORF Web yes
10/20/2023 ORF Guten Morgen Österreich Television yes
10/19/2023 Ö1 Mittagsjournal Radio yes
10/12/2023 Netzpolitik.org Web yes

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