ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Aleksandra Kuczerawy

Dr. Aleksandra Kuczerawy is a senior fellow and FWO postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for IT and IP Law at KU Leuven. She is also a lecturer in Media Law at KU Leuven.

POSTS BY Aleksandra Kuczerawy

29 Januar 2021

Aleksandra Kuczerawy

Does Twitter trump Trump?

Some of the biggest social media platforms recently decided to suspend the accounts of former US President Donald Trump. Even though such bans are not unprecedented, the fact that it concerned the then-still US President has triggered quite some controversy. But what about the European perspective - would the doctrine of positive obligations under Article 10 ECHR mean that Donald Trump’s right to freedom of expression was violated? Continue reading >>

12 Januar 2021

Aleksandra Kuczerawy

The Good Samaritan that wasn’t: voluntary monitoring under the (draft) Digital Services Act

On 15 December 2020, the European Commission released the long awaited proposal for the Digital Services Act, amending the E-Commerce Directive. First impressions of the proposal mention that the DSA introduces Good Samaritan protection into the EU intermediary liability regime, which the European Commission has lobbied in favour of for quite some time. Upon further examination, however, it is clear that the new protection is yet something else. Continue reading >>

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