audiovisual media services / content regulation / illegal content / Internet intermediaries

On Article 28a and the proposal to extend the AVMSD: is it time to be pessimistic?

The proposal to extend the Audiovisiual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) continues along its legislative path. We are now entering the trilogue negotiations phase, and, after having read the unrelated [at least at first glance] G7 Taormina Statement on the fight against terrorism and violent extremism, I am re-reading  the  text of the Proposal for a … Continue reading

audiovisual media services / content regulation / Copyright / hate speech

Video-sharing platform services and media services : what is the link between the new AVMSD and the old ECD?

The regulation of digital content seems to be at a turning point. Based on the premise that the Internet of 2016, or should I say 2017, has nothing to do with the Internet of the 2000s, the European Commission (EC) has decided to act and released in May and in September this year two key … Continue reading