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EDMO Ireland presents at DSA and Platform Regulation Conference

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 […]

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Submission to the public consultation on An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s first draft research programme

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 […]

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Invited submission on online disinformation and media/digital literacy to Oireachtas Committee

EDMO Ireland has provided a written submission to the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media on theState’s response to online disinformation and media/digital literacy, including social media and fake news. The submission can be viewed below.

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Submission to the National Counter Disinformation Strategy’s Public Consultation

EDMO Ireland made the following submission to the Submission to the National Counter Disinformation Strategy’s Public Consultation: Counter Disinformation and protect freedom of speech using a rights based approach This is a rights-based strategy. Measures to counter disinformation must uphold human rights, including the freedom of expression. In addition, all members of society should be […]

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EDMO Ireland presents CoP analysis to ERGA subgroup

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 […]

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Major Platforms Disinformation Fight Under Scrutiny in new CoP Monitor Report

The biggest platforms claim they take the fight against disinformation seriously, however, the evidence they provide for this claim is lacking. That’s according to the CoP Monitor, a new report led by EDMO Ireland Policy Lead Dr Kirsty Park.  The project was coordinated by the Ireland and GADMO hubs and features contributions from the ADMO and […]

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An Explainer: The Code of Practice on Disinformation, the Digital Services Act and Twitter

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 […]

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Submission on EC’s call for evidence on data access in the DSA

EDMO made a joint submission to the European Commission’s call for evidence on data access provided for in the Digital Services Act. You can view the submission here.

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Submission to pre-legislative scrutiny on the Digital Services Bill Ireland

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 […]

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Paper on the Code of Practice on Disinformation at AOIR

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.