European Union: EU Commission publishes proposal for DSM Copyright directive introducing content moderation obligations for online platforms
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EU Commission publishes proposal for DSM Copyright directive introducing content moderation obligations for online platforms
On 14 September 2016, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market. According to the proposal, an “online content-sharing service provider” represents an entity storing and…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
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2016-09-14
under deliberation
2019-04-17
adopted