Upcoming events in 2024:
22 November IViR Lecture Series: Intellectual Monopoly amid the AI and Cloud Age |
20 December PhD defense Theresa Seipp: Media Concentration 2.0: Regulating Platform Opinion Power in a Concentrated Digital Media Ecosystem |
Upcoming events in 2024:
22 November IViR Lecture Series: Intellectual Monopoly amid the AI and Cloud Age |
20 December PhD defense Theresa Seipp: Media Concentration 2.0: Regulating Platform Opinion Power in a Concentrated Digital Media Ecosystem |
IViR is proud to share that upon the recommendation of the Department of Communication and Media Research, Prof. Natali Helberger was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg
De scriptie van Informatierecht student Gabriel Labella, “The post is mightier than the sword: Deplatformen van politici op sociale mediaplatforms”, is opgenomen als NJB Topscriptie in het NJB Blog.
The Research Priority Area in Human(e) AI at the University of Amsterdam currently has two vacant Postdoctoral Researcher positions.
blockchain, Regulation, trust
Article{nokey,
title = {Trust in context: The impact of regulation on blockchain and DeFi},
author = {Bodó, B. and Filippi, P. de},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rego.12637},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12637},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-10-06},
journal = {Regulation & Governance},
abstract = {Trust is a key resource in financial transactions. Traditional financial institutions, and novel blockchain-based decentralized financial (DeFi) services rely on fundamentally different sources of trust and confidence. The former relies on heavy regulation, trusted intermediaries, clear rules (and restrictions) on market competition, and long-standing informal expectations on what banks and other financial intermediaries are supposed to do or not to do. The latter rely on blockchain technology to provide confidence in the outcome of rules encoded in protocols and smart contracts. Their main promise is to create confidence in the way the blockchain architecture enforces rules, rather than to trust banks, regulators, and markets. In this article, we compare the trust architectures surrounding these two financial systems. We provide a deeper analysis of how proposed regulation in the blockchain space affects the code- and confidence-based architectures which so far have underwrote DeFi. We argue that despite the solid safeguards and guarantees which code can offer, the confidence in DeFi is still very much dependent on more traditional trust-enhancing mechanisms, such as code governance, and antifraud regulation to address some of the issues which currently plague this domain, and which have no immediate, purely software-based solutions. What is more, given the risks of bugs or scams in the DeFi space, regulation and trusted intermediaries may need to play a more active role, in order for DeFi to gain the trust of the next generation of users.},
keywords = {blockchain, Regulation, trust},
}
EU, media concentration, Media law, Platforms, Regulation
Article{nokey,
title = {Between the cracks: Blind spots in regulating media concentration and platform dependence in the EU},
author = {Seipp, T. and Helberger, N. and Vreese, C.H. de and Ausloos, J.},
url = {https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/regulating-media-concentration-and-platform-dependence},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.14763/2024.4.1813 },
year = {2024},
date = {2024-11-14},
journal = {Internet Policy Review},
volume = {13},
issue = {4},
pages = {},
abstract = {Alongside the recent regulations addressing platforms and digital markets – the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) – the European Union’s (EU) European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) aims to safeguard media freedom and pluralism, two essential pillars of democracy. The EMFA introduces several provisions, including rules specifically focused on assessing media concentration in \"the online environment\". While these initiatives are commendable, there are noticeable blind spots in how EU regulations tackle the issues of dependence on, and the power of, platforms amidst the rising trend of media concentration. An essential aspect that needs attention is the technological power of these platforms, underpinned by their economic and political power. We find that neither the infrastructural power of platforms – transforming them from “gatekeepers” to “digital infrastructure and AI providers” – nor their relational power – creating imbalances and dependencies while posing sustainability challenges for (local) journalism – are effectively addressed in the current EU regulatory frameworks, despite both forms of power driving digital media concentration. The article then concludes with recommendations for a way forward capable of preserving values such as media pluralism and editorial independence.},
keywords = {EU, media concentration, Media law, Platforms, Regulation},
}
Case note{nokey,
title = {Annotatie bij EHRM 13 februari 2024 (Podchasov / Rusland)},
author = {van Daalen, O.},
url = {https://www.ivir.nl/publications/annotatie-bij-ehrm-13-februari-2024-podchasov-rusland/annotatie_computerrecht_2024_98/},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-11-14},
journal = {Computerrecht},
issue = {3},
number = {98},
abstract = {Het EHRM acht een verplichting die er in de prakijk op neerkomt dat encryptietechnologie wordt verzwakt in strijd met artikel 8 EVRM.},
}
bescherming persoonsgegevens
Case note{nokey,
title = {Annotatie bij Hof van Justitie EU 7 maart 2024 (IAB Europe / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit)},
author = {Dommering, E.},
url = {https://www.ivir.nl/publications/annotatie-bij-hof-van-justitie-eu-7-maart-2024-iab-europe-gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit/annotatie_nj_2024_307/},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-11-08},
journal = {Nederlandse Jurisprudentie},
issue = {33},
number = {307},
keywords = {bescherming persoonsgegevens},
}
Copyright
Online publication{nokey,
title = {Opinion of the European Copyright Society on the CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23 (Pelham II)},
author = {Mezei, P. and Senftleben, M. and Sganga, C. and Geiger, C.},
url = {https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/11/07/opinion-of-the-european-copyright-society-on-the-cg-and-yn-v-pelham-gmbh-and-others-case-c-590-23-pelham-ii/},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-11-07},
journal = {Kluwer Copyright Blog},
keywords = {Copyright},
}