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  • Takeaways from the webinar ‘Delimiting Systemic Risks in the DSA’

    Summary of the topics discussed during the webinar on “Delimitating Systemic Risks in the DSA” with researchers, regulators and civil societies.

  • From Generative AI to General Elections: The Risks and Realities of GAI

    by Francesca Elli

    This article analyses the DSA’s Electoral Guidelines in relation to the potential impact of generative artificial intelligence on electoral integrity.

  • An early win for the transparency measures of the DSA. A comment on Amazon Services v. European Commission (C-638/23)

    by Beatriz Botero Arcila

    This blog post provides a review of the European Court of Justice’s decision to reject Amazon’s plea to suspend compliance with Article 39 of the DSA. It includes an analysis of potential implications for the future enforcement of the DSA.

  • Social media platforms and challenges for democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights

    by Beatriz Botero Arcila and Rachel Griffin

    This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines risks that contemporary social media - focusing in particular on the most widely-used platforms - present for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. The study focuses on the governance of online content, provides an assessment of existing EU law and industry practices which address these risks, and evaluates potential opportunities and risks to fundamental rights and other democratic values.

  • Is it a Platform? Is it a Search Engine? It's Chat GPT! The European Liability Regime for Large Language Models

    by Beatriz Botero Arcila

    This Essay examines how to regulate LLMs so that risks are mitigated while still encouraging innovation and allowing their benefits to be realized, with a focus on the liability regime for LLMs for speech and informational harms and risks in the EU. An interpretation of the newly enacted Digital Services Act is proposed, so that it could apply to these tools when they are released in the market similarly to other intermediaries covered by content moderation laws, such as search engines.

  • Climate Breakdown as a Systemic Risk in the Digital Services Act

    by Rachel Griffin

    This policy brief offers a legal analysis of the DSA’s relevance to environmental policy and explains why environmental risks are within its scope. It then outlines appropriate measures to mitigate platforms’ direct and indirect environmental impacts. It concludes with recommendations for platform companies, regulators, and civil society on how to realise the DSA?s potential to help secure a more sustainable tech industry.

  • Quelles sont les données nécessaires pour évaluer et surveiller les risques systémiques des plateformes liés à la polarisation politique et à la désinformation politique

    by Beatrix Botero Arcila and Pedro Ramaciotti Morales

    Talk discussing what data is needed to assess and monitor systemic platform risks related to political polarization and political disinformation.

  • Le Règlement sur les Services Numériques et l’urgence climatique : atténuation des risques, accès aux données pour la recherche et pour répondre à la crise

    by Rachel Griffin and Ilaria Buri

    Talk about the Digital Services Regulation and the climate emergency, focusing on risk mitigation, access to data for research and to respond to the crisis.