Risks and Resilience in the European Union’s Regulation of Online Platforms and Artificial Intelligence: Hungary in Digital Europe

Mezei, Kitti and Träger, Anikó (2024) Risks and Resilience in the European Union’s Regulation of Online Platforms and Artificial Intelligence: Hungary in Digital Europe. In: The Resilience of the Hungarian Legal System since 2010. A Failed Resilience? European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World (5). Springer Nature, Wien, pp. 143-158. ISBN 9783031704505; 9783031704536; 9783031704512

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Abstract

The European Union is taking ambitious steps to strengthen regulation in the digital space as part of the Digital Agenda for Europe. As part of this, the digital services regulatory package (Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act) has been adopted to define the responsibilities of digital platforms, control online content, protect users’ fundamental rights and promote competitiveness in the online space. In addition, an EU regulatory framework for artificial intelligence has been developed (AI Act), which supports a risk-based approach to regulate the technology. One common intersection of these regulations is to maintain transparency. The Digital Services Act aims to fight against filter bubbles and disinformation in social media, where online platforms also use algorithms to provide services. A new challenge in adapting to the accelerating technological development has been the COVID-19 pandemic, which has further increased the penetration of online service providers through mandatory distance and opened up a whole new platform for spreading fake news. The application of the new Digital Europe Regulations raises several questions. Still, these are complemented by application-specific areas for Hungary, such as how Hungarian authorities will act as national authorities or interpret ‘illegal content’ under the European legislation.

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