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Digital constitutionalism reversed? - instrumentalising Big Tech for democratic change
14 July 2022The horrendous military activities of Russia in Ukraine have caused a severe backlash from tech giants. YouTube clamped down on Kremlin-backed channels for spreading war propaganda. Meta allowed its users to wish death to Russian armed forces. On top of that, Twitter is constantly policing tweets by Russian embassies denying the invasion. -
Manannikov v. Russia: the final nail in the coffin of political dissent?
8 July 202224 February marked a turning point in modern history: Russia barbarously attacked Ukraine. Apart from other drastic implications, including the expulsion of Russia from the Council of Europe, the war set off a new wave of political repression within a country. -
Non-commercial user-generated content: is it adequately covered by the EU quotation & parody exceptions?
5 July 2022As Internet users produce creative content (generally referred to as ‘user-generated content’ or ‘UGC’) by building on pre-existing copyrighted material, one might wonder how the current EU copyright regime deals with this phenomenon, especially after the recent addition of the Digital Single Market Directive. -
The shared management of EU funds: new perspectives and challenges
5 July 2022Questions surrounding how the EU budget is spent or audited have been, and will always be, of interest to EU citizens. Formally, the responsibility for the implementation of the budget rests with the Commission, but it is well known that the Member States have a crucial role to play, especially in the so-called ‘shared management’ implementation ‘mode’ or ‘type’. As the Commission notes, approximately 70% of the programmes are managed in this way.
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