Summer course 2024 on “European Platform Regulation”

Update 8 March 2024: Registrations for the 2024 edition are now open. Due to the high level of interest in this course, and to ensure diversity of participants, the EPR summer course is now introducing a brief selection procedure. To apply, please fill in the following form. For the best chance of securing a spot, […]

The DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2024

To coincide with the Digital Services Act (DSA) becoming directly applicable across the EU on 17 February 2024, the DSA Observatory at the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, will hold a two-day conference on ‘The DSA and Platform Regulation’ at the Amsterdam Law School on 15-16 February 2024.   The DSA is the EU’s […]

23 February 2023 – Expert workshop on “Online journalism: Digital Services Act & Media Freedom Act”

“The DSA’s capacities for free media and safe journalists online: realistic or utopian?” A DSA Observatory & AI, Media & Democracy Lab expert workshop 23 February 2023, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm (CET) The DSA Observatory and the AI, Media and Democracy Lab are organising an online invite-only workshop on online journalism and the role […]

24 November 2021 – Expert Workshop “Access to Justice and Content Moderation”

Wednesday 24 November 2021, 15.30-17.00 (to be held online)   This workshop will focus on the intersection of content moderation with access to justice in the European context. It ties in with the current debate on the Digital Services Act (DSA) which is meant to protect European citizens when they use or are impacted by […]

14 October 2021 – Expert Seminar “The DSA: Implications for Freedom of Expression”

Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory Institute for Information Law (IViR, University of Amsterdam) “The Digital Services Act: Implications for Freedom of Expression”   Date: 14 October 2021 Time: 16.00 – 17.30 (CEST) Online Seminar (Zoom)   Programme   15.50               Get-together (Zoom open) 16.00               Introduction: Prof. Joris van Hoboken (IViR) 16.10               Expert Panel: Dr. Joan Barata […]

30 June 2021 – “An Endless Odyssey? Content Moderation Without General Content Monitoring”

Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory Institute for Information Law (IViR, University of Amsterdam) in collaboration with Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL, University of Cambridge)   “An Endless Odyssey? Content Moderation Without General Content Monitoring” 30 June 2021, 4:30-5:30 pm (CEST, Amsterdam) Online Seminar via Zoom, link will be shared beforehand Underlying paper […]

Joris van Hoboken to speak at event on “DSA & Community Content Moderation”

  Wikimedia, Reddit and VerticalScope are three online community platforms offering services where users are empowered to create content and enforce moderation rules. They organized an online event on “Community Content Moderation and the DSA”, which will take place on Tuesday 22 June, 17:00 – 18:15 CEST, to discuss how online communities can thrive despite […]

Prof. Joris van Hoboken to speak at the EP IMCO Committee workshop on “The DSA and DMA: A forward-looking and consumer-centered perspective”

  On the 26th of May 2021 (16:45-18-45), the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee will hold a workshop on “The Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act: A forward-looking and consumer-centered perspective”. Prof. Joris van Hoboken – one of the project leaders of the DSA Observatory at the Institute for […]

1 June 2021 – The Facebook competition law case reaches the CJEU: Can EU competition law and personal data protection law reinforce each other?

Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) – University of Amsterdam 1 June 2021, 15:00-16:30 pm Online via Zoom, the link will be shared beforehand   In 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) decided that Facebook abuses its dominance in social media markets by undercutting legal standards of personal data protection. The appeal against this decision […]

18 May 2021 – “Potential of transparency disclosures for citizen empowerment” Symposium

The DSA Observatory at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) and the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) jointly organized a symposium on the potential of transparency disclosures for citizen empowerment, scheduled to take place on 18 May, 4:00–5:30 pm. Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic are staking a lot of hope on transparency […]