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Call for Abstracts: European Privacy Law Scholars Conference
We are excited to announce a call for abstracts for the European Privacy Law Scholars Conference, which will be hosted at the University of Amsterdam, 24-25 October 2024. Following the format of PLSC in the United States, PLSC Europe is a conference for discussing work in progress. In the PLSC format, discussants, rather than authors,… Continue reading Call for Abstracts: European Privacy Law Scholars Conference
Mireille van Eechoud benoemd tot decaan Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Prof. dr. Mireille van Eechoud, hoogleraar Informatierecht en directeur van de Amsterdam Graduate School of Law, is door het College van Bestuur van de UvA voor de periode van een jaar benoemd tot decaan van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid (FdR). De benoeming gaat in per 1 januari 2024. De huidige decaan, prof. dr. André Nollkaemper,… Continue reading Mireille van Eechoud benoemd tot decaan Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Results of the research project “Information Law and the Digital Transformation of the University”
The research project “Information Law and the Digital Transformation of the University” addresses key challenges the European university sector faces today. These challenges include the increasing dependence of universities and researchers on suppliers of digital technologies and services, a complex but fragmented legislative framework on research, and researchers’ need for external data to study the… Continue reading Results of the research project “Information Law and the Digital Transformation of the University”
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Opinie: De ene demonstratie is de andere niet, maar laat overheid niet vooraf grenzen stellen external link
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Newspaper article{nokey,
title = {Opinie: De ene demonstratie is de andere niet, maar laat overheid niet vooraf grenzen stellen},
author = {Dommering, E.},
url = {https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/03/14/de-ene-demonstratie-is-de-andere-niet-maar-laat-overheid-niet-vooraf-grenzen-stellen-a4193077},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-03-14},
journal = {NRC Handelsblad},
abstract = {De demonstraties tegen de Gaza-oorlog en acties van klimaatactivisten in musea zoeken de grenzen van de wet op, ziet Egbert Dommering. Hoe daarmee strafrechtelijk en bestuurlijk om te gaan is niet eenduidig.},
}
The Right to Root: Constructing a Claim to Control Devices from the Right to Privacy download
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Privacy
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Article{nokey,
title = {The Right to Root: Constructing a Claim to Control Devices from the Right to Privacy},
author = {van Daalen, O.},
url = {https://www.ivir.nl/nl/publications/the-right-to-root-constructing-a-claim-to-control-devices-from-the-right-to-privacy/jipitec_2023_4/},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-12-12},
journal = {JIPITEC},
volume = {14},
issue = {4},
pages = {580-593},
abstract = {Empowering people with digital tools has been an enduring ideal throughout the history of computing. In some of the earlier visions, this was not only a matter of making life easier, it was also a matter of people gaining control over their digital tools. One solution to this problem which has been suggested is to provide users with a manual override to gain full control over a device, something called gaining \'root\' - hence the \'Right to Root\'. Yet, there are no policymakers who have seriously treated this as a possibility. For people pushing this right at a policy level, it would therefore be helpful to know whether this Right to Root can be constructed from human rights. In this article, I explore the European human rights-based arguments for a Right to Root, focusing on the right to privacy under the European Convention for Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. I first discuss the origins of this ideal of gaining control over your own devices. I then show how users over the years have gained less control and how the RIght to Root could enable them to regain control. I then explore how the Right to Root could be constructed from the right to privacy under the Convention and the Charter, by understanding it as a way to protect the values of autonomy, self-determination and seclusion. I conclude that a Right to Root can be grounded in the human right to privacy, but that further research is necessary to balance it with other interests, such as cybersecurity, traffic safety, health and intellectual property.},
keywords = {Privacy},
}
UGC Creation and Dissemination – The Role of Platforms, Copyright Holders and the Court of Justice in Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Information
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Copyright
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Chapter{nokey,
title = {UGC Creation and Dissemination – The Role of Platforms, Copyright Holders and the Court of Justice in Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Information},
author = {Senftleben, M.},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68599-0_24},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-03-06},
abstract = {With the erosion of the traditional safe harbour for hosting and the introduction of licensing and filtering obligations in Art. 17 of the CDSM Directive, EU copyright law has substantially enhanced the risk of inroads into freedom of expression and information: users seeking to participate in the online debate may be confronted with filtering systems that block permissible parodies and pastiches even though no copyright infringement can be found. Instead of putting responsibility for detecting and remedying human rights deficits in the hands of the state, the EU legislature prefers to outsource this responsibility to private entities, in particular platforms for user-generated content. Moreover, the CDSM Directive conceals potential human rights violations by leaving countermeasures to users. A closer look at the human rights obligations imposed on platforms, and the reliance on user activism, reveals a worrying tendency to outsource the task of human rights protection and add a gloss of proportionality and diligence safeguards – without ensuring effective control by public authorities that are bound to foster and support freedom of expression and information. The risk of human rights encroachments is exacerbated by the fact that, instead of exposing and discussing the corrosive effect of human rights outsourcing, the CJEU has rubberstamped the regulatory approach in Art. 17 CDSMD. In its Poland decision, the Court has even qualified problematic features of the outsourcing and concealment strategy as valid safeguards against the erosion of freedom of expression and information. Using inspiring joint work with Reto Hilty as a basis, the analysis sheds light on these problematic developments in the area of platform liability and user-generated content.},
keywords = {Copyright},
}
What can a media privilege look like? Unpacking three versions in the EMFA download
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Content moderation, Media law, Platforms
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Article{nokey,
title = {What can a media privilege look like? Unpacking three versions in the EMFA},
author = {Drunen, M. van and Papaevangelou, C. and Buijs, D. and Fahy, R.},
url = {https://www.ivir.nl/nl/publications/what-can-a-media-privilege-look-like-unpacking-three-versions-in-the-emfa/journalofmedialaw_2024/},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2023.2299097},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-01-31},
journal = {Journal of Media Law},
abstract = {The media privilege has been one of the most controversial aspects of the proposed European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). However, it is important not to assess the drawbacks of the media privilege in isolation, but in relation to the other available alternatives. In this comment, we lay out and critique how the European Parliament and Council build on the Commission’s proposal for a media privilege in the EMFA. We focus on three key questions: how is media content treated differently, who qualifies as media, and who decides who qualifies as media?},
keywords = {Content moderation, Media law, Platforms},
}
How to design data access for researchers: A legal and software development perspective
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data access, DSA, Platforms, Transparency
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Article{nokey,
title = {How to design data access for researchers: A legal and software development perspective},
author = {Drunen, M. van and Noroozian, A.},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2024.105946},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-04-01},
journal = {Computer Law & Security Review},
volume = {52},
pages = {},
abstract = {Public scrutiny of platforms has been limited by a lack of transparency. In response, EU law increasingly requires platforms to provide data to researchers. The Digital Services Act and the proposed Regulation on the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising in particular require platforms to provide access to data through ad libraries and in response to data access requests. However, these obligations leave platforms considerable discretion to determine how access to data is provided. As the history of platforms’ self-regulated data access projects shows, the technical choices involved in designing data access significantly affect how researchers can use the provided data to scrutinise platforms. Ignoring the way data access is designed therefore creates a danger that platforms’ ability to limit research into their services simply shifts from controlling what data is available to researchers, to how data access is provided. This article explores how the Digital Services Act and proposed Political Advertising Regulation should be used to control the operationalisation of data access obligations that enable researchers to scrutinise platforms. It argues the operationalisation of data access regimes should not only be seen as a legal problem, but also as a software design problem. To that end it explores how software development principles may inform the operationalisation of data access obligations. The article closes by exploring the legal mechanisms available in the Digital Services Act and proposed Political Advertising Regulation to exercise control over the design of data access regimes, and makes five recommendations for ways in which these mechanisms should be used to enable research into platforms.},
keywords = {data access, DSA, Platforms, Transparency},
}