Fernando Hortal Foronda

I read the GPSR not really affecting intermediary liability under the DSA but the accountability part in Chapter III. It is as if that Chapter of the DSA is revisited and further specifications are added where applicable -many of which could work beyond product safety, sectorally or horizontally.

I think many accepted the need for the law because of Facebook, but the law's reliance in general categories (illegal content, T&Cs, knowledge, awareness, etc) makes it very much fit for different business models... + Chapter III, section 4 for online marketplaces.

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I keep thinking about the self/co-regulation in advertising in broadcasting (clearcast.co.uk) based on a system in which third parties carry out that clearance (addressing the incentives issue) and whether we have a level playing field between online and offline advertising...

... in TTPA, PSR, where the obvious place to do it is the general regulation, i.e., the DSA.

As I see the political economy and proper policy-making on this, you cannot impose verification for ads with specific content, you do so at the general level because verification of advertisers comes before knowledge on content. And the irony is that the discussion on verification remains fragmented

I see trusted flaggers as part of the solution but hard to see if as the main component thereof.

PPS: maybe the best way of preventing any potential "sectoral hole" is the DSA being enforced. The DSA addresses massive policy problems. If it does so only in paper, sectoral legislation will deal with them. Scam ads would not be the problem they are if Arts 34+35(1)(e) would work in practice.

PS: it's maybe time to thing differently about filtering content and ads not only because of the incentives you mention. I doubt the verb filter reflects what happens with ads. Platforms have more awareness about ads than ads for various reasons.

I am afraid this is am instance where nuance is missing in the reporting. The text, for what I understand, is in line with Art 8 DSA and creates an exception to 6(1)(b) for a very specific case (PSP informing the hosting service) that, I would argue, is narrower than 6(3) itself.

Spotify and Netflix perfected the business of distraction — and now we’re paying the price Music and film open us up to new ways of seeing the world — but the streaming giants offer lonely visions of culture

"As a number of screenwriters told the critic Will Tavlin for n+1 in 2024, the direction from Netflix has been: “have this character announce what they’re doing so that viewers who have this programme on in the background can follow along”."

Adorno would be having a field day.

on.ft.com/3LjJlrt

Con la ventaja de contestar con un retraso impropio de la era digital, si echamos a patadas a algunos, supongo que hay que aceptar que para quién se hace hueco es para el tipo de político que figura como interlocutor en los mensajes transcritos en el informe de la UCO. Ea.

Rule of Law Report 2025 material though.

Political culture | Definition, Features, & Examples | Britannica Political culture, a set of shared views and normative judgments held by a population regarding its political system. The building blocks of political culture include the beliefs, opinions, and emotio...

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Muchas gracias por compartir el artículo. ¿Puedo preguntar por alguna recomendación de lectura específica para profundizar en la taxonomía políticas exteriores estadounidenses de Walter Russell Mead a la que te refieres?

adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary?r=5a... @adamprz.bsky.social

Vance’s attack on European democracy in Munich, perversely twisting the language of democracy itself should leave no doubt whatsoever that the aim of this administration is to destroy the EU and its liberal democracies #msc2025

I’d say the European Commission seems unimpressed by the reciprocal tariffs idea…

Where I highlight that at @beuc.eu we are convinced that:
1. We need to replace the obsolete ePrivacy rules;
2. Consumer's privacy must be protected by default and by deisgn; and
3. We still need to harmonise the enforcement regime with that of the GDPR.

Conclusion at the top of the section:

Meta claims its latest pay-or-consent policy goes beyond what is required under EU law.
Right...
Well, not from where we're standing.
It's a red card 🟥from us & we now hope EU authorities take action quickly to ensure Meta starts complying.
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...

Cyberlibertarian first-amendment and anti-liability maximalism/advocacy did a lot to help US platform intermediaries/hyperscalers take control of global digital infrastructure, create tech oligarchs with unprecedented financial and political powers, and enable postmodernist fascism take over the US.

The coming battle between social media and the state - on.ft.com/4295OOw via @FT

Maybe they have been designated but not empowered, since they are listed in the latest available minutes from the EDBS meeting as an observer: digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...

Hope this helps! www.bipt.be/consumers/di...

Ana Belén versiona 'España camisa blanca' en la despedida de año del Museo del Prado
www.eldiario.es/cultura/ana-...

Technically, not even in breach of the (lex specialis TTPA), but in breach of the EUDPR...

The worst thing: it’s not twitter. The best thing: it’s not twitter.