Matija Damjan

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ONLINE: THE REDEFINED ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/pros.07.05.2021.ssp.47-59  

Abstrakt

The EU’s general information policy of the internet has been defined through intermediary liability rules of the E-Commerce Directive of 2000. These are not well adapted to the current online environment where social networks have become the main channels of public debate online. Social networks benefit from publishing offensive users’ content that generates clicks and are disinclined to remove it. Yet, they are free to arbitrarily remove or censor any content, regardless of its illegality. The paper discusses the rebalancing of rights and responsibilities of social networks under the new Copyright Directive and the draft Digital Services Act.

Kľúčové slová

Social networks, intermediary liability, freedom of expression, digital services, notice-and-takedown