Topic
Platform Regulation
28 published works
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
European Commission Designates ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox Under the Digital Services Act
On August 31, 2026, the European Commission announced that it had designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (“VLOSE”) and Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Beyond the DOJ Complaint: Potential Exclusionary Conduct Theories in the Apple Ecosystem
By Bona Law PC
Authors: Pat Pascarella & Luke Hasskamp Recent proceedings involving Apple Inc.—including the U.S. Department of Justice case and Epic Games v. Apple—together with developments in AI markets, suggest an evolving…
Verfassungsblog
Don’t say Antifa!
By Sascha Wolf
Meta hat angekündigt, „Antifa-Inhalte“ auf Instagram und Facebook künftig als Risikoinhalte einzustufen, die schneller Gefahr laufen, sanktioniert zu werden. Damit reiht sich der Konzern in den Kampf der Trump-Regierung gegen…
Truth on the Market
The Hidden Premise: Smuggling Paternalism Through the Back Door
By Lazar Radic
A familiar pattern has taken hold in platform regulation—and in the academic and policy commentary that surrounds it. Critics spot a real phenomenon, recast it as market failure, and then…
Connect on Tech
Swiss Platform Regulation: Is DSA Compliance Enough?
Last October, the Swiss Federal Council published a preliminary draft of the ‘Federal Act on Communication Platforms and Search Engines’ and opened it for consultation. According to the accompanying explanatory…
Truth on the Market
Germany’s War on the Bargain
By Dirk Auer
Germany’s competition watchdog has turned a familiar retail feature into an antitrust offense. In a recent decision, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) effectively faulted Amazon for showing shoppers only…
Michael Geist Blog
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 255: Grappling with Grok – Heidi Tworek on the Limits of Canadian Law
The Law Bytes podcast is back, starting with an episode on the limits of Canadian law in addressing the concerns associated with Grok AI, the AI chatbot that garnered global…
China Law Insight
将治大者不治细——《大型网络平台个人信息保护规定（征求意见稿）》
By King & Wood
作者：宁宣凤 吴涵 方禹 11月22日，国家网信办和公安部联合就《大型网络平台个人信息保护规定（征求意见稿）》向社会公开征求意见。虽然该规定并非正式出台稿，但是规定了非常丰富的内容，大幅提高了大型网络平台的个人信息保护合规义务，法律责任同步覆盖到第三方专业机构和数据中心（IDC），从制度设计上体现出强闭环、高标准的特点。 阅读更多
Verfassungsblog
A General Obligation to Monitor
Notice-and-takedown – this is the core principle of European platform regulation since the introduction of the eCommerce Directive in 2000. It is the principle of an internet in which every…
Media Law Prof Blog
Lundqvist on Between Free Press and Fake News: Reimagining Platform Responsibility Under the DSA and the New Code of Conduct on Disinformation in the Age of AI
Bjorn Lundqvist, Stockholm University Faculty of Law, has published Between Free Press and Fake News: Reimagining Platform Responsibility Under the DSA and the New Code of Conduct on Disinformation in…