Vulnerable Lives, Militarized State – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Vulnerable Lives, Militarized State – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

The Forced Disappearance of Children in Las Malvinas, Ecuador Ecuador is grappling with a security crisis, fueled by the growing stranglehold of drug cartels. Fear grips the population, while the government, in a bid to restore order, has resorted to declaring states of emergency in the hardest-hit cities. Rather than alleviating the crisis, the measures … Read more

Silvester, Strafrecht und Symbolpolitik – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Silvester, Strafrecht und Symbolpolitik – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Der Nebel der Silvesternacht war gerade erst verzogen, als erneut die Diskussion um Gesetzesschärfungen angesichts von Angriffen auf Einsatzkräfte entbrannte. Innenministerin Nancy Faeser verwies auf den bereits vorliegenden Referentenentwurf und mahnte an, es müssten nun schärfere Strafen her. Dabei sind die geplanten Änderungen des StGB nicht nur überflüssig und unsystematisch. Sie verkennen auch die Bedeutung … Read more

At the Confluence of Fake News and Extraterritoriality – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

At the Confluence of Fake News and Extraterritoriality – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The dangers caused by the proliferation of misinformation – or ‘fake news’ – via social media platforms and instant messaging services are not easy to counteract. By the internet’s very nature, online communications are difficult to regulate as information shared by users in one jurisdiction can be easily made available to users in many others. In some cases, platforms themselves have acted to combat fake news beyond the superficial step of maintaining a misinformation policy. For example, Meta’s Oversight Board, a quasi-judicial body created by the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to review content moderation decisions on those platforms, has reviewed individual decisions by Meta concerning the moderation of misinformation, and has made policy recommendations regarding the management of misinformation.

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a failure by the CJEU in appropriately balancing privacy, data protection and the interests of law enforcement [1] – Official Blog of UNIO – Go Health Pro

a failure by the CJEU in appropriately balancing privacy, data protection and the interests of law enforcement [1] – Official Blog of UNIO – Go Health Pro

Tiago Sérgio Cabral [Editor of this blog and Project Expert for the Portuguese team in the “European Network on Digitalization and E-governance” (ENDE)] Background The Court of Justice’s decision in Case C- 548/21 (Bezirkshauptmannschaft Landeck) probably got less attention than it deserved from legal scholars due to being issued at the same time as other … Read more

How the EU’s geoeconomic shift is adversely affecting developing countries – Go Health Pro

How the EU’s geoeconomic shift is adversely affecting developing countries – Go Health Pro

The European Union is now increasingly using trade and investment instruments to advance strategic foreign policy goals. Clara Weinhardt and Ferdi de Ville argue this geoeconomic shift is sidelining developmental priorities and creating friction with developing countries. In recent years, the EU has increasingly embraced a geoeconomic approach to trade and investment, leveraging economic tools … Read more

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