nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/80f1a9fc65c11592 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251221s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/80f1a9fc65c11592 doi eng 342 23 Tuchtfeld, Erik Author aut (orcid)0009-0000-6830-8800 (DE-588)1190605120 A General Obligation to Monitor - How the ECJ Is Turning the Liability Regime of European Platform Regulation on Its Head Tuchtfeld, Erik Verfassungsblog 2025-12-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Russmedia Digital, the ECJ ruled at the beginning of December that in cases dealing with data protection violations, such as defamatory content, the notice-and-takedown procedure should not be applied, but rather that the respective platform is (jointly) liable for illegal content from the publication of the content on. Clearly unaware of the enormous implications of its decision for the freedom of expression and information of millions of users in the EU, the Court is thus demanding the establishment of a comprehensive monitoring system for communication in the digital public sphere. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU gdpr notice and take down Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/notice-and-takedown-russmedia-ecj/ raw object