European Union: Lawsuit challenging disclosure of user identities in advertisement repository under the EU Digital Services Act (Aylo Freesites v European Commission)

Progress

Current status
under appeal
26 Jul 2024 under appeal
02 Jul 2024 under investigation
01 Mar 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

26 Jul 2024
under appeal

Announced appeal in lawsuit challenging designation as very large platform and disclosure of user identities in advertisement repository under the EU DSA (Aylo Freesites v European Commission)

On 26 July 2024, Aylo Freesites, the parent company of Pornhub, filed an appeal against the interim ruling issued by the General Court, challenging its designation as a very large platform and disclosure of user identities in the advertisement repos…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
02 Jul 2024
under investigation

Issued interim ruling in lawsuit challenging designation as very large platform and disclosure of user identities in advertisement repository under the EU DSA (Aylo Freesites v European Commission)

On 2 July 2024, the General Court issued a ruling in the lawsuit filed by Aylo Freesites, the parent company of Pornhub, against the European Commission, challenging its designation as a very large platform and disclosure of user identities in adver…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
01 Mar 2024
under deliberation

Announced lawsuit challenging designation as very large platform and disclosure of user identities in advertisement repository under the EU DSA (Aylo Freesites v European Commission)

On 1 March 2024, Aylo Freesites, the parent company of Pornhub, initiated a lawsuit against the European Commission, challenging its designation as a very large platform and disclosure of user identities in advertisement repository under the EU Digi…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court