Digital Markets Act / Digital Services Act / General Data Protection Regulation
TO CREATE A SAFER DIGITAL SPACE FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF ALL USERS OF DIGITAL SERVICES
TO ESTABLISH A PLATFORM TO FOSTER INNOVATION, COMPETITIVENESS, BOTH IN THE EU SINGLE MARKET AND GLOBALLY
To unify all the digital services regulations in European Union
POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS
THIRD PARTY INTER-OPERATION
REPORT ILLEGAL. CONTENT & SERVICES
ACCESSiBILITY of COLLECTED DATA
NEGATIVE OBLIGATIONS
FAVOURING THEIR OWN SERVICES AND PRODUCTS IS PROHIBITED (AMAZON)
BANNED TARGETED (personal targeting) ADVERTS
PREVENT UNINSTALLING PREINSTALLED APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE THE PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM
THE BRUSSELS EFFECT
EU GATE KEEPERS €7.5 BILLION IN TURNOVER €75 BILLION VALUATION 45 MILLION MONTHLY USERS 10000 BUSINESS USERS IN THE EU
ROLE IN THE ONLINE ECOSYSTEM
AMAZON - market
Apple - AppStore
META - SM
Microsoft - OS
Byte Dance - all
(picture by. Amit Sengupta - YT)
Dichotomy of Social Media
Genuine/true - FAKE. Internet
"Muddy water analogy" is a common way to describe the mixing of truth and lies. When you mix truth and lies together (in the name of freedom of speech), it becomes difficult to tell them apart. The water becomes muddy and murky, and it is hard to see what is really there.