Hi all,
The long awaited Digital Services Act package consultations (yes several)
have been published yesterday.
*==Consultation Survey==*
The main part *seems* to be a humongous six section survey on all sorts of
aspects of the online world, covering things like self-employed people
using online platforms, illegal content, hate speech and competition law.
We have extracted the questions on Meta-Wiki and invite all interested
Wikimedians and friends to comment or edit answers:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Consultation_on_the_Digital_Servi…
The question are more general, social questions like "Should platforms work
against misinformation during an election or health crisis?" and "Should
speaking time in democratic debates be limited online as we do offline?".
But there are also some very concrete questions, like "Are public interest
notices and notices that refer to other sources the right tool to avoid
censorship while tackling misinformation?" or "How to define online
platforms acting as gatekeepers and should we regulate them additionally
with ex-ante rules?" or even "Does the current liability regime need
clarifications, like what is "active" and "passive" and a "mere
intermediary"?"
The deadline for this is 8 September.
*==Feedback on ex ante regulatory instrument of very large online platforms
acting as gatekeepers==*
The Commission is having an entire section in the consultation about what
would be "gatekeeper platforms" and how they should be regulated.
Nevertheless, they are inviting stakeholders to provide a free-form
position on this*. *Both the separate nature of this consultation and its
much shorter timeline are suspicious*. *[1]
The deadline for this is 30 June.
*==Feedback on deepening the Internal Market and clarifying
responsibilities for digital services==*
In a second, also much shorter, parallel consultation the Commission is
asking about the liability rules for online platforms. This is also
free-form and covers ground the large survey already asks about. [2]
The deadline for this is also 30 June.
We are already working on this across Berlin, Brussels, DC and San
Francisco. Feel free to join the effort! Get in touch directly, edit on
Meta-Wiki or spark up a conversation here on the list.
Cheers,
Dimi
[1]
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/1…
[2]
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/1…