Main Regulatory Plans in European Union’s New Digital Regulation Package

Gosztonyi, Gergely and Cendic, Kristina (2022) Main Regulatory Plans in European Union’s New Digital Regulation Package. In: Digital Transformation and Global Society: 6th International Conference, DTGS 2021, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 23-25, 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science (1503). Springer Cham, Cham, pp. 163-176. ISBN 9783030937157; 9783030937140

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Abstract

It seems clear that the Internet, as highlighted by the European Court of Human Rights in Cengiz and Others v. Turkey, “has now become the primary means by which individuals exercise their freedom to receive and impart information and ideas”. As a result, in many countries worldwide, regulating the Internet has become one of the top priorities on the political agenda, albeit with different solutions, from Australia through Germany and Canada to Poland and Hungary. The world has become acquainted with ‘fake news’, ‘deepfake’, ‘dis- and misinformation’ in recent years. Digital platforms providing services worldwide have so far not devoted significant resources – for the sake of their well-conceived business interest – to prevent these from spreading. Two proposals are on the table since December 2020 in the European Union: Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. Both want to set an exemplary approach to regulating tech companies and have several advantages and disadvantages. The article intends to show them all in an explanatory manner.

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