Mathias Vermeulen

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If you scroll down X's developer's platform site you can fill in a form 2/9) #dsa
However,there are some notable elements in the application form. In order to determine whether researchers are "independent from commercial interests" (as required by article 40.8.b) X asks information about a much broader category of affiliated entities to assess an application (4/9) #dsa
The European Commission is looking for input to answer the following questions by the 25th of may to inform its delegated act on access to data, a crucial piece to finetune Article 40 of the Digital Services Act. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13817-Delegated-Regulation-on-data-access-provided-for-in-the-Digital-Services-Act_en
European Commission - Have your say

European Commission - Have your say

European Commission - Have your say
Join @awo on the 7th of March at 3PM for an online discussion on the future of online #advertising in Europe in a post DSA/DMA world, with MEP Paul Tang, @augustinefou, @arcapde @nickb and Clare O’Brien. Register here https://awo.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nK5357MtSd-NvMvfqsCghA
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EU Digital Advertising Study: Towards a more transparent, balanced and sustainable digital advertising ecosystem. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

AWO would like to invite you to a launch event for the study on digital advertising we conducted on behalf of the European Commission. The event will see AWO present the main findings of the study, followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A. AWO has brought together key experts in the field of digital advertising and privacy to discuss the findings of the study, the key issues in the market, and the path forward for reform. The panel will include: o Nick Botton (moderator), Senior Policy Associate at AWO o Paul Tang, Member of the European Parliament o Agustín Reyna, Director, Legal and Economic Affairs at BEUC o Clare O’Brien, Head of Media, Effectiveness and Performance at ISBA o Augustine Fou, Independent Ad Fraud Researcher Read the study: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/8b950a43-a141-11ed-b508-01aa75ed71a1/ Privacy notice AWO Belgium (we, us, our) is an agency specialised in data protection and is the data controller in relation to this notice. For the purposes of this webinar, we will: process your name and email address as you register, based on your consent; and video record your intervention if you are one of the panellists. video record your name if your question is selected during the Q&A, unless you submit a question anonymously. The webinar to which you are invited will be held on Zoom (https://explore.zoom.us/en/privacy/). We will retain your name email address only during the organisation/running of the webinar, and delete it afterwards. Further information about our agency, how we deal with personal data and the rights available to you can be found in our Privacy Policy (https://www.awo.agency/privacy-policy/). You can contact us via email [email protected] with any questions regarding any data protection issue related to AWO.

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Showtime! According to its own self-declared figures, #Twitter is a Very Large Online Platform according to the Digital Services Act, with more than 100 million monthly active users, and hence subject to a broad range of new due diligence obligations, including mitigating risks posed by disinformation and providing researchers access to platform data. #dsa https://transparency.twitter.com/en/reports/amars-in-the-eu.html
AMARS in the EU

Great overview of the timelines of EU competition cases under art 102 TFEU against #google #amazon #meta #apple between 2000-2022 from @BostoenFriso
Large UNESCO global study of online violence against #women #journalists covering 15 countries, 1100 survey respondents (pdf) https://www.icfj.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/ICFJ_UNESCO_The%20Chilling_2022_1.pdf
Very interesting from a DSA-perspective, which gives regulators and auditors the power to ask for any relevant information in order to assess whether #TikTok would be compliant with the Digital Services Act. Great idea, but then read this leaked internal audit report ... https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/11/28/tiktok-inaccurate-government-inquiries-internal-bytedance-risk-assessment/
TikTok Couldn’t Ensure Accurate Responses To Government Inquiries, A ByteDance Risk Assessment Said

The internal risk assessment, completed in late 2021, also warned of rampant self-dealing, embezzlement, and potential indictment of executives.

Forbes
This is just the first step in what will be a long and painful legal employment law nightmare for Musk in Europe. You simply can’t fire people just because they didn’t respond to an email. #twitter https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-twitter-executive-secures-injunction-preventing-dismissal-5930465-Nov2022/
Senior Dublin-based Twitter executive secures injunction preventing her dismissal

The order was secured by Sinead McSweeney, who is Twitter’s global vice president for public policy.

TheJournal.ie