| NOTAS: | "The international legal context for content moderation has evolved over the last two decades. There are international norms for ‘platforms’ that are defined as providers of digital services that connect participants in multisided markets, set the rules for such interactions and make use of algorithmic systems to collect and analyse data and personalise their services. Against this background, this new CERRE report compares four pieces of adopted and draft legislation that deal with illegal and harmful content on digital services: the rules on video-sharing platforms (VSPs) contained in the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), the Terrorist Content Regulation (TERREG), the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill (OSB). The new study compares these pieces of legislation from two perspectives: services and the harms in scope. Given the global nature of digital services, each of the laws studied foresees an extra-territorial effect to make sure that providers with some sort of connection with their jurisdiction comply with the rules. The mechanisms differ however, creating a layer of complexity for the regulators who will need to enforce the rules and for the platforms that will need to comply." |
