GDPR / Internet intermediaries / liability / notice-and-take down

Decoding Russmedia: did the CJEU just see red… and mess it up? 

What better timing than less than two weeks after the release of the (poorly drafted) proposed Digital Omnibus to issue a (ground-shaking) judgment on the interplay between the old e‑Commerce Directive (ECD) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Here’s a freshly delivered ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that … Continue reading

AI / Digital Services Act

What if ChatGPT was much more than a chatbox? What if LLM-as-a-service was a search engine?

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is certainly one of the most interesting pieces of legislation adopted by the European Unions in the last few years. Just like the old e-commerce Directive (ECD), the DSA targets providers of intermediary services (i.e., the mere conduit, caching and hosting providers of this world) who continue to enjoy conditional … Continue reading