Joan Barata

Dilemas da regulação de plataformas no Brasil Decisão do STF reflete crescente pressão de autoridades por leis que obriguem plataformas a agir contra conteúdos 'negativos'

The Supreme Court of Brazil is at the very final stage of deciding certain provisions included in the Marco Civil da Internet. In this piece published on JOTA I try to describe what is at stake.

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I had the opportunity to exchange views with great experts such as @noupside.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social and @dwj88.bsky.social in an interesting @lawfaremedia.org podcast with a very long title! Thanks for the opportunity.

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@futurefreespeech.org

Leaving Kathmandu after intense and interesting discussions with members of the Parliament on how to improve the Social Media Bill to align it with international standards and best comparative practices.

🚨 Several Asia-Pacific governments have passed a new wave of laws to restrict online speech. 🚨

@joanbarata.bsky.social explains how the EU's Digital Services Act inspired APAC's legislative crackdown on free speech.

Another important (and even more neglected) area is the cases where DSCs at the national level use DSA provisions to create extraterritorial effects within the EU and beyond the Member State in question.

I believe we need to differentiate between extraterritorial effects as something established and mandated under DSA (which I would say is not clearly contemplated or endorsed) and the extraterritorial impact of "ordinary" DSA enforcement based on platforms characteristics and business models.

Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights This book argues that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should reconsider its approach to hate speech cases and develop a robust protection of freedom of expression as set out in the benchmar...

My @futurefreespeech.org colleague @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social has just finished a must-read book analysing the case law of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the definition and scope of the notion of #HateSpeech

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Will the DSA Save Democracy? The Test of the Recent Presidential Election in Romania | TechPolicy.Press The DSA cannot guarantee the fair and transparent development of election processes, write Joan Barata and Elena Lazăr.

Will the DSA Save Democracy?

I analyse together with Elena Lazar how the recent Presidential Election in #Romania has put European platform regulation at test and shown its shortcomings and enforcement challenges.

@techpolicypress.bsky.social

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Marco Civil da Internet: o debate do art. 19 e a liberdade de expressão Regime atual do art. 19 do Marco Civil da Internet equilibra adequadamente liberdade de expressão e moderação de conteúdo

My recent article in Portuguese about the current judicial proceedings around Marco Civil and intermediary liability provisions in Brazil, and the possible impact on freedom of expression.

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Carta abierta a Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta La inminente vuelta de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca continúa transformando el sector tecnológico y los parámetros de la libertad de expresión. En esta 'Carta abierta', Joan Barata se dirige a Mark Zu...

Hoy publico en @agendapublica.es una "Carta abierta a Mark Zuckerberg" al hilo de su anuncio de cambios sustanciales en las políticas de moderación de contenidos de las plataformas Facebook e Instagram.

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I believe it was biased to identify cases of non-transparent decision making with "secret courts", which usually refers to something else. In any case, this assertion is included in a highly subjective and politicised part of the statement.

A decade after ‘Charlie Hebdo’ killings, we are still failing blasphemers One decade ago, two gunmen entered the offices of satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened fire, killing cartoonists and journalists.

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En Iran, le « Conseil suprême du cyberespace » vote le retour de WhatsApp L'Iran a décidé de lever l'interdiction sur WhatsApp en vigueur depuis 2022, mise en place après les manifestations qui ont suivies la mort de Mahsa Amini

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In the digital age, how do we address harmful online speech without sacrificing users' free speech? Check out @joanbarata.bsky.social's forthcoming chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Hate Speech: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

In Romania the so-called Brussels effect (in its internal EU perspective) has taken a whole new dimension. One of the reasons put forward by relevant authorities to annul the elections was the alleged violation of #DSA by #TikTok Beyond wider geopolitical implications, definitely a case to follow

‪Glad to share my chapter "The Future of Free Speech: Old Threats and New Challenges" for the upcoming book "The Oxford Handbook of Hate Speech" edited by @ericheinze.bsky.social @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social
Sejal Parmar and Ioanna Tourkochoriti

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Coming up if you happen to be in Porto.

Thanks for another opportunity to discuss the nuances and implementation challenges of the DSA, this time with the colleagues from Post-Truth to Be Told.

@luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social @lucasproto.bsky.social

So it seems there was a candidate behind this campaign and for many other reasons he was most voted in the first round. Very interesting & scary: a rather artificial engagement campaign led to virality that influenced TikTok’s *search bar* and further amplified the candidate 🫠

Meet three incoming EU lawmakers in charge of key tech policy areas | TechCrunch The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula von der Leyen's

Three commissioner-designates will be in charge of important tech policy moves of the next Commission in the immediate future.

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US Approves UN Cybercrime Convention That Legitimizes Censorship Despite industry, experts, and lawmakers' concerns, the Biden administration supports a UN cybercrime treaty with authoritarian leaders.

The treaty will allow authoritarian states to criminalize free expression and peaceful assembly under the guise of preventing cybercrime. A lack of due process or rule of law requirements will endanger those expressing an opinion that displeases an authoritarian regime.

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Engaging discussion on DSA, AI Act and other pieces of relevant EU legislation in the digital area. I was lucky to be in the great company of Elena Lazar, Cezara Panait and the post-graduate students of Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest

Threatening dynamics on Internet governance: the case of Europe and the Digital Services Act (DSA) - CELE Threatening dynamics on Internet governance: the case of Europe and the Digital Services Act (DSA) As part of their research on the topic, CELE has characterized a threat of regulation as “any kind o...

In this new post for @celeup.bsky.social I examine how dynamics of so-called regulatory pressure may manifest in Europe, with the Digital Services Act (DSA) as a case study. What role do tensions between regulation and state pressure play in the EU?

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Maldives: Proposed Media Commission Bill restricts press freedom / IFJ A controversial new bill introduced to the Maldivian Parliament is seeking to establish a new government-influenced commission, responsible for press accreditation and the authority to impose fines on...

Bad news from a usually overlooked part of the world. The Proposed Media Commission Bill in #Maldives may seriously restrict press freedom both online and online - International Federation of Journalists

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Writing my first Bluesky post from Bangladesh! 🎉 Currently working with UNESCO in partnership with UNDP to assess and support the growth of independent, trustworthy media in the country

📰 #MediaFreedom #FreedomOfExpression