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Kirsty Park, EDMO Ireland’s Policy Lead, recently made an presentation at the DSA and Platform Regulation conference, held at the University of Amsterdam. Collaborating with Rabhya Mehrotra, their presentation delved into the diverse viewpoints regarding data access under Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The conference was co-organized by the DSA Observatory, the … Read More “EDMO Ireland presents at DSA and Platform Regulation Conference” »
EDMO Ireland contributed to FuJo’s submission to the public consultation on An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s first draft research programme. The submission contained the following on electoral interference: When it comes to protecting Ireland’s democracy and electoral events, combating online electoral interference is of the utmost importance. We note that electoral interference may be interpreted in different … Read More “Submission to the public consultation on An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s first draft research programme” »
EDMO Ireland Policy Lead, Kirsty Park, alongside Stephan Mündges from the GADMO hub presented results from the first CoP Monitor report to the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) Subgroup on Countering disinformation and strengthening democracy in the digital environment. The CoP Monitor report is based on an international collaboration of 9 academics … Read More “EDMO Ireland presents CoP analysis to ERGA subgroup” »
Twitter made headlines recently when it decided to exit from the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation. In response, European Commissioner Thierry Breton took to Twitter to caution the platform, tweeting, “You can run but you can’t hide,” in reference to the Digital Services Act (DSA). Given these developments, many may have questions about the … Read More “An Explainer: The Code of Practice on Disinformation, the Digital Services Act and Twitter” »
EDMO Ireland made a joint submission to the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023. The following summarises the recommendations made: Given the extent of Ireland’s role, it is crucial that its DSC fosters an independent, knowledgeable, and fair process for … Read More “Submission to pre-legislative scrutiny on the Digital Services Bill Ireland” »
EDMO Researchers Kirsty Park and Eileen Culloty delivered a presentation titled Beyond Performative Transparency: Lessons Learned from the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference in Dublin in October 2022. You can view more details about the presentation at https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/13067.
