Human Rights Outsourcing and Reliance on User Activism in the DSA

Autor: Martin Senftleben
Jazyk: German<br />English
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Verfassungsblog, Iss 2366-7044 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2366-7044
DOI: 10.59704/01365e5a9a872007
Popis: Article 14(4) of the Digital Services Act (DSA) places an obligation on providers of intermediary services, including online platforms hosting user-generated content (see Article 3(g) DSA), to apply content moderation systems in “a diligent, objective and proportionate manner.” Against this background, the approach taken in Article 14(4) DSA raises complex questions. Does the possibility of imposing fundamental rights obligations on intermediaries, such as online platforms, exempt the state power from the noble task of preventing inroads into fundamental rights itself? Can the legislator legitimately outsource the obligation to safeguard fundamental rights to private parties?
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