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Martin Husovec

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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
My second post about researchers’ rights to scrape data under DSA Article 40.12 is up! This is dense with legal arguments for researchers to use if they get sued. Or to show their lawyers before that. www.techpolicy.press/how-the-mean... verfassungsblog.de/dsa-fine-x-r...
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How the Meaning of 'Publicly Accessible' Shapes Researcher Data Rights Under the DSA | TechPolicy.Press
Researchers eager to begin work under DSA Article 40(12) may be deterred by uncertainty about what data counts as 'publicly accessible,' writes Daphne Keller.
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I'm pretty sure the CJEU in Russmedia just casually dismantled 80% of the DSA with one ill-considered judgment. As I read it, it substitutes in GDPR rules -- not notice and takedown rules -- for any platform where a user is likely to post content about people. 1/ curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
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CURIA - Documents
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A few weeks ago, I filed a Comment with @hutko.bsky.social and @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy in Bluesky’s TOS consultation. It urged them to build and maintain some key legal/content management infrastructure for distributed moderation on ATProto. 1/ cyberlaw.stanford.edu/content/file...
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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
DTSP has launched a new working group on DSA Article 21 out-of-court dispute settlement! Looking forward to engaging with a wide array of stakeholders as part of this effort. cc: @hutko.bsky.social @niklaseder.bsky.social @gateklons.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social @mathver.bsky.social
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This letter is important. It is a careful, detailed, scholarly, and accurate explanation of the elements of the DSA and EU law that prevent the DSA from being a "censorship" law in the first place. The list of EU expert signatories is stellar. @hutko.bsky.social @joanbarata.bsky.social
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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Very happy to be a signatory to this letter drafted by @hutko.bsky.social countering Trumpian misinformation on DSA. Please read thread. I also note Martin's kind offer to provide DSA training to US politicians at 1% cost 🤣
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Martin's DSA Newsletter #7 is out: www.platform.courses/blog/martin-...
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
If this isn’t on your reading list, it absolutely should be. A remarkable document in many ways. (Remember, this is Council of Europe, not EU - so directly relevant to UK and the ECHR.)
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Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 06/06/2025
brilliant new research by my team's research assistant Ioan Paul Sipos, who compiled a list of third-party companies selling platforms DSA compliance-related services! a v useful resource for anyone interested in how the regulatory compliance sausage gets made www.dsadecoded.com/third-party-...
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Third Party Database — DSA Decoded
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Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is probably one for the DMA afficionad@s - Apple is suing the Commission curia.europa.eu/juris/liste....
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CURIA - List of results
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Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social · 04/06/2025
new article in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social on the concept of systemic risks in the DSA. what does it mean that we think of all kinds of social issues linked to online platforms as 'risks' to be managed? find out this way: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Governing platforms through corporate risk management: the politics of systemic risk in the Digital Services Act | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Governing platforms through corporate risk management: the politics of systemic risk in the Digital Services Act
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Gavin Phillipson @prof-phillipson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I recent read this forthcoming book by @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1... It's a really forensic and detailed critique of the often unprincipled and illiberal caselaw of the European Court of Human Rights on hate speech. Essential reading if you're writing in the area.
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Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights | Natalie Alkiviado
This book argues that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should reconsider its approach to hate speech cases and develop a robust protection of freedom
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This an interesting comparative report on online safety regulations around the world (hat tip to Cesare Pitea) bhr.stern.nyu.edu/publication/...
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NYU Stern Center for Business & Human RightsOnline Safety Regulations Around The World: The State of Play and The Way Forward – A Resource Guide
Our new resource guide breaks down and analyzes 26 online platform regulations around the world across 19 jurisdictions, and offers a blueprint for future regulation of the online space consistent wit...
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 14/03/2025
Knight Institute Condemns Trump Administration’s Effort to “Subjugate Universities to Official Power.” See statements from @jameeljaffer.bsky.social & @alexabdo.bsky.social below: knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
ECtHR will soon decide on a case similar to the US TikTok ban. It concerns the blocking of Russian websites in Ukraine based on national security grounds. See our intervention: husovec.eu/wp-content/u... I sincerely hope that ECtHR is more thoughtful about freedom of expression than SCOTUS.
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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
First was an excellent discussion with @hutko.bsky.social on interpreting the DSA through the prism of the DMA at the Digital Markets Research Hub. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKOY... (2/5)
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Martin Husovec, LSE Law School: Digital Services Act through the Prism of the Digital Markets Act
YouTube video by Digital Markets Research Hub
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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 12/12/2024
Great news: the Hungarian attempt to force through EU mass surveillance of photos, text messages, etc. (#chatcontrol) failed today. It will certainly be resurrected in the new year though, so please support your local digital rights group in fighting for privacy. x.com/echo_pbreyer...
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
[Event alert] "Decoding DSA Risk Assessments and Audits", 22.1.2025 at LSE. I will interview @agnekaarlep.bsky.social, Curtis Barnes, and Prof. Lorna Woods - three leading (industry / academic) experts - about the first batch of reports. Pre-registration here: husovec.eu/2024/12/save...
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
How the ineluctable logic of the UK Online Safety Act led Ofcom to designate hyperlinks as an illegality risk factor. And more... #OnlineSafetyAct #SafetyByDesign www.cyberleagle.com/2024/12/safe...
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Safe speech by design
Proponents of a duty of care for online platforms have long dwelt on the theme of safety by design. It has come to the fore again recently w...
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
EY, Deloitte, and KMPG are the main auditors so far. Only Wikipedia & X hired someone else.
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
shout out to @alhohlfeld.bsky.social for the tracking of all the DSA risk assessments, audits, implementation reports, and more here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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DSA: Risk Assessment & Audit Database
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation Link here: science.org/doi/10.1126/... Summary in🧵🔽 1/
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
New podcast! Robert Gorwa is the author of the new book The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation, out from Oxford University Press. The book advances a theoretical model for explaining the adoption of these different regulatory strategies.
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robert-gorwa-tackles-the-politics-of-platform-regulation | TechPolicy.Press
Robert Gorwa is the author of a new book from Oxford University Press.
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 19/11/2024
This is really getting quite remarkable • BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀 • Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up And the next chart is particularly notable...
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
New podcast! I spoke to law scholar Martin Husovec, author of the new book Principles of the Digital Services Act, about the rollout of the DSA and topics ranging from systemic risk and transparency reporting to trusted flaggers and more. www.techpolicy.press/unpacking-th...
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Unpacking the Principles of the Digital Services Act with Martin Husovec | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation on the rollout of the DSA, ranging from systemic risk and transparency reporting to trusted flaggers and more.
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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Periodic reminder that I made a #trustandsafety starter pack. Let me know about new arrivals who should be added to this list!
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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
New EU Digital Services Act delegated act on data access for researchers just dropped. This has been expected for months! (HT @hutko.bsky.social)
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Justin Hendrix from Tech Policy Press interviewed me about my new book Principles of the Digital Services Act and about the rollout of the DSA and topics ranging from systemic risk, transparency, trusted flaggers and more www.techpolicy.press/unpacking-th...
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Interested in pursuing a PhD on the Digital Services Act or other platform laws? You can apply for paid PhD positions at LSE until 1.12.2024. If you have questions, feel free to get in touch www.lse.ac.uk/law/study/ph...
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Have your popcorn ready for December. #OnlineSafetyAct #EndtoEndEncryption www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
My new nickname, "the guy who is the very best at explaining the DSA". Thank you for your kind words, Daphne!
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
The guy who is the very best at explaining the DSA, @hutko.bsky.social, has turned his in-person, in-depth course for professionals into an online version. Check it out: www.platform.courses
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Beehive Education
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
‘[The Secretary of State] said that as far as he was aware, the tech sector was the “only sector .. that can release products in to society without proving they’re safe before release”;’ >>> Tort 101 exam question?
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
It looks like the first EU DSA Art. 21 dispute resolution providers have been certified and... they're in Hungary and Malta. This Daniel Holznagel post has details about the Maltese one; comments describe the Hungarian one. (And calling @hutko.bsky.social) 1/ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Daniel Holznagel on LinkedIn: The Digital Services Act | 13 comments
#DSA - News on Art. 21 DSA It seems that the first out-of-court dispute settlement body has been certified under Art. 21 DSA by a national DSC. The Maltese… | 13 comments on LinkedIn
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 15/07/2024
In case you missed the dick-swinging (that's a legal term) going on between Elon Musk and Thierry Breton over on X, it's... possibly actually pretty important this time. They're posturing about DSA enforcement again. 1/
The European Commission offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us. 

The other platforms accepted that deal. 

𝕏 did not.Be our guest 
@elonmusk
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There has never been — and will never be — any “secret deal”. With anyone.

The DSA provides X (and any large platform) with the possibility to offer commitments to settle a case. 

To be extra clear: it’s *YOUR* team who asked the Commission to explain the process for settlement and to clarify our concerns. 

We did it in line with established regulatory procedures. Up to you to decide whether to offer commitments or not. That is how rule of law procedures work.

See you (in court or not).
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Digital Trust & Safety Partnership @dtspartnership.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
How do we measure digital safety? And then, how do we use those metrics for a more trustworthy internet? A new whitepaper co-authored by DTSP’s @davidsullivan.bsky.social for the World Economic Forum's Global Coalition for Digital Safety explores these questions and approaches
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Measuring Digital Safety Effectively to Reduce Risks Online
This new white paper serves as a valuable resource for stakeholders navigating the intricacies of measuring digital safety amid evolving technological advancements and regulatory frameworks. It outlin...
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
[new paper] "The Digital Service Act’s Red Line: What the Commission Can and Cannot Do About Disinformation". papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
[new paper]: Rising Above Liability: The Digital Services Act as a Blueprint for the Second Generation of Global Internet Rules ssrn.com/abstract=459...
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 22/05/2023
Good news! The deadline for telling the @EU_Commission your experience as a researcher with platform data, or other comments on how to administer data access under the DSA, has been extended to May 31. ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regula…
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