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- mcel_master_working_paper_regules_20188_pdf.pdf (2.07 MB, PDF)… and societal relevance: while policymakers endeavour to find a solution to ‘fake news’, concerns are raised regarding fundamental freedoms, especially freedom of expression. Moreover, in the current information society, the legal system surrounding online news is more important than ever as it shapes the norms of our relational and communicational process. Thus, democracy and freedom of expression concerns in this area are all the more relevant because of the online environment in which they … clickbait, erroneous news, satire, and conspiracy theory information do not constitute fake news per se13. As to unlawful content, such as hate speech, racism, defamation, 9 See, for example: Baron, S. & Crootof, R. (2017) Fighting Fake News Workshop Report. The Information Society Project & The Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, Yale University; McGonagle, T. (2017). “Fake news”: False fears or real concerns? Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 35(4), 203-209. 10 Definition … code, whose modification through ‘algorithm improvement’ can also lead to negative outcomes such as the introduction of biases and search engine optimization30. These regulatory options entail measures such as community guidelines and standards, fact-checking, content moderation, and content blocking or removal, among others31. Legislating on ‘fake news’ may lead to freedom of expression violations, and ‘fake news’ may go directly against democracy. When talking about such conflict, freedom of …
ITEM-speerpunt is opgepakt: aanvulling op het Nederlandse kwalificatiebeleid ten aanzien van Duitse sociale verzekeringen
Het Nederlandse ministerie van Financiën heeft de richtlijn omtrent het fiscale kwalificatiebeleid van buitenlandse socialezekerheidsregelingen geactualiseerd. Onder meer de aanvulling betreffende bepaalde Duitse sociale verzekeringen is volgens expertisecentrum ITEM een positieve ontwikkeling...
High concentrations of psychotropic drugs in Dutch surface water
Scientists from Maastricht University (UM) and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) have for the first time systematically investigated what psychotropic medications are present in surface water in the Netherlands. In particular, the concentrations of the drugs...
Research: all antipsychotics cause weight gain
It has long been known that the use of antipsychotics often causes weight gain. However, in a recent meta-analysis of more than 400 studies, researchers at Maastricht University (UM) have now shown that all antipsychotics have this effect.
'Reference index for High-Risk Children unsuccessful'
The national Reference Index for High-Risk Children (Verwijsindex Risicojongeren), an ICT system introduced in 2010 to identify high-risk children at an early stage and to facilitate collaboration between various support agencies, does not work as intended nor can practicing professionals apply it...
- friday_fortnightly_week_12_ed._8.pdf (317.16 KB, PDF)… https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=238661&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=510994 A Pro-bono Legal Aid Clinic at Maastricht University Page 3 of 6 2.3 YouTube introduces a new “Check” feature to scan for Copyright Article 17 of 2019 EU Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSM) made an unprecedented increase in the responsibility of platforms like YouTube to monitor infringing content. As an immediate response to … the infringing content pre-upload, and thereby helps creators avoid copyright and monetisation issues and also ensure transparency and agility in the process. Sources: World Intellectual Property Review, 19 March 2021, available here. Google’s “Check” system available here. 3. Patents 3.1 Danish court decides on dispute over transfer declaration of patent JolTech, the initial owner of the patent under consideration, sold the disputed patent to GoDevelopment. In 2018, GoDevelopment went … cancellation of a mark on grounds that the application was made in bad faith. In 2018, the Cancellation Division had rejected the applicant Tehrani’s attempt to register the word sign “Earnest Sewn” for Nice classes 18 and 25, as Tehrani was aware of Blue Gene’s holding a similar mark. According to the GC, Tehrani’s subjective intent was the key determinant in deciding whether the application was in bad faith. An overall assessment of the factual circumstances showed that Tehrani was aware of and …
Nieuwe ‘supergroep’: DKE and IDS vormen samen het Department of Advanced Computing Sciences
De nieuwe afdeling beslaat onderzoek en onderwijs op de gebieden van kunstmatige intelligentie, informatica, data science, wiskunde en robotica. Meer dan 100 stafleden hebben hun thuisbasis bij de nieuwe groep, die is ingebed binnen de Faculty of Science and Engineering.
