Although the GDPR paves the way for a coordinated EU-wide legal action against data protection infringements, only a reform of private international law rules can enhance the opportunities of data subjects to enforce their rights.
Filtered results
Net neutrality consultations that tap into networked publics rest on a thin version of participation that maintains existing inequality.
Personalisation algorithms and elections: breaking free of the filter bubble
Stefania Milan and Claudio Agosti present the Algorithms Exposed (ALEX) project as well as the browser extension fbtrex.
The countering of terrorism propaganda online, through private companies, may little by little kill our right to freedom of expression.
This article distils from the various (proposals for) platform regulation operational principles that can serve as the basis for productive debate on the subject.
The author provides an overview of the legal and cultural discourse surrounding pornography in the European Union member state of Bulgaria, in times of 'new digital realities'.
On 6 July, the European Parliament voted to adopt the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (the NIS Directive). Cyber security researcher Hannfried Leisterer conducted an interview with Member of European Parliament Andreas Schwab, rapporteur for the NIS Directive.
How does the (dis)empowering surveillance practice of social sorting using big data impact on the notion of borders in Europe?
Contrary to expectations of a “net empowerment”, net neutrality debates on Twitter show that established political and media actors still play important roles.
YouTube blocking in Turkey, another violation of fundamental rights
The European Court of Human Rights on 1 December ruled that the blanket blocking of YouTube by Turkish authorities violated the right to freedom of information. Will Turkey comply with the court's decision?