Data commons

Gijs van Maanen, Tilburg University
Charlotte Ducuing, KU Leuven
Tommaso Fia, University of Tübingen
PUBLISHED ON: 4 Apr 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1748

Data commons are more than data sharing arrangements. They bring up issues relating to the kind of communities they uphold, their relationships with third parties (such as other commons), data capitalism, and various dimensions of sustainability.

The death of privacy policies: How app stores shape GDPR compliance of apps

Julia Krämer, Erasmus University Rotterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 2 Apr 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1757

This paper delivers a legal analysis that explores whether the privacy labels of the Apple App Store and Google Play Store meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), along with insights into the adoption of app developers to map the extent of the problem.

Regulating high-reach AI: On transparency directions in the Digital Services Act

Kasia Söderlund, Lund University
Emma Engström, Institute for Futures Studies
Kashyap Haresamudram, Lund University
Stefan Larsson, Lund University
Pontus Strimling, Institute for Futures Studies
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Mar 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.1.1746

Focusing on recommender systems used by dominant social media platforms as an example of high-reach AI, this study explores the directionality of transparency provisions introduced by the Digital Services Act and highlights the pivotal role of oversight authorities in addressing risks posed by high-reach AI technologies.

Governing Chinese technologies: TikTok, foreign interference, and technological sovereignty

Ausma Bernot, Griffith University
Diarmuid Cooney-O'Donoghue, University of Warwick
Monique Mann, Victoria University of Wellington
PUBLISHED ON: 27 Feb 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.1.1741

In this article, we analyse attempts to regulate and control TikTok through the lens of foreign interference and technological sovereignty in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.

This paper explores the economics of software vulnerabilities, evaluates three policy alternatives for vulnerability discovery and disclosure and argues that bug bounty programs, which leverage two-sided digital market platforms to connect organisations and ethical hackers, yield the highest effectiveness, legality and trustworthiness impacts.

Navigating the EU data governance labyrinth: A business perspective on data sharing in the financial sector

Eugénie Coche, University of Amsterdam
Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam
Martijn Dekker, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 12 Feb 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.1.1738

This paper offers a business perspective on the EU data governance framework by exposing different elements playing a role in its implementation at the firm level.

Government responses to online disinformation unpacked

Samuel Cipers, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Trisha Meyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jonas Lefevere, University of Antwerp
PUBLISHED ON: 11 Dec 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.4.1736

This article provides a database of government responses to online disinformation and compares the amount and type of response over time and against the level of democratisation, press freedom, and gross domestic product.

Follow along as Members of the European Parliament navigate bias and discrimination in AI and explore their perspectives on regulatory measures, shedding light on the complexities of their understanding and paving the path towards informed policy development.