Art. 15(1) E-Commerce-Directive is THE decisive rule to which extent you might successfully sue Facebook & Co. to filter/prevent infringing content.
Topic is of relevance these days for 2 reasons: First, we might see another landmark ruling: on 8th April 2022 ...
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Topic is of relevance these days for 2 reasons: First, we might see another landmark ruling: on 8th April 2022 ...
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.. a German district Court will rule on filter obligations in prominent proceeding Künast v. Facebook (important since in this area we have one ECJ ruling which is somewhat vague and few national courts have chances to move on with interpretation).
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The other reason why we should pay attention is the ongoing #DSA -negotiations. Lawmakers are split whether to change the rules here, with the EP wanting to make it more industry-friendly (not good!).
Sidenote: Art. 7 is way more important than many other things in the DSA.
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Sidenote: Art. 7 is way more important than many other things in the DSA.
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See here the super #HateAid-position why the EP-proposal for Art. 7 DSA (which will copy Art. 15(1) ECD into the DSA) should be rejected and why the COM-proposal has a slight wording error that should be corrected:
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