This section contains a list of the main regulatory tools which have recently been deployed in different countries to address the economic and legal challenges raised by digital platforms. In particular, three typologies of regulation have been taken into consideration: national / domestic laws, court decisions, antitrust authorities deliberations. |
All the regulatory measures stored in the section can be easily accessed through links which allow to read their official version. Keywords and tags are associated to each of the regulatory measures with the aim of providing a short description of their content. |
COUNTRY | DOCUMENT | TAG | |
UK | Government appointment | Ofcom, online media harms | |
UK | UK Competition Appeal Tribunal - 2023 | Facebook, data, monetisation, dominant position abuse | |
UK | UK Data protection authority - 2023 | TikTok, data | |
Italy | EU copyright directive-related Decree | Google, publishers, online contents | |
Italy | Agcom - Delibera 275/2022 | Google, ads, YouTube | |
Italy | GPDP - 2023 | ChatGPT, data, privacy protection | |
Italy | Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato - March 2024 | TikTok, fine, online content | |
USA | Federal Trade Commission | Facebook, consumer protection | |
USA | DoJ - 20 October 2020 | Google, antitrust, unlawful monopolistic behaviour | |
USA | Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement - 2021 | Facebook, data management | |
USA | US Supreme Court - March 2021 | Facebook, users tracking | |
USA | Daily Mail lawsuit against Google - April 2021 | Daily Mail, Google, advertising market | |
USA | US District Court District of Columbia - Facebook antitrust lawsuits 2021 | Facebook, antitrust | |
USA | US Senate - September 2021 | Facebook, Instagram, mental health | |
USA | Filter Bubble Transparenct Act - 2021 | Social media, algorithms | |
USA | US District Court for the District of Columbia - January 2022 | Facebook, FTC, Antitrust | |
USA | Center for AI and Digital Policy complaint - 2023 | ChatGPT, FTC | |
USA | California Federal Court - Complaint against Meta - October 2023 | Meta, Instagram, mental health | |
USA | US House - March 2024 | TikTok, United States | |
India | Draft Intermediary Amendment | content regulation | |
Australia | Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material Act | content regulation, social media platforms | |
Australia | Draft news Media Bargaining Code | Google, Facebook, news media, advertising revenues | |
Italy | AGCM - February 2021 | Facebook, fine, data management | |
Italy | Consiglio di Stato - March 2021 | Facebook, data management | |
Italy | AGCM - 2023 | Apple, privacy, abuse of dominant position | |
France | French Competition Authority - April 2020 | Google, copyright, press | |
France | Paris appeals court - January 2022 | Twitter, hate speech | |
Poland | Case C-401/19 (European Court of Justice) | Online contents, right to freedom of expression | |
Germany | NetzDG | content removal, hate speech, freedom of expression | |
Germany | Federal Court of Justice - June 2020 | Facebook, data management, dominant position | |
Germany | Act against Restraints of Competition | platforms, competition, self-preferencing, dominant positions abuse | |
Ireland | Data protection commissioner - September 2020 | Facebook, data transfer | |
Ireland | DPC draft decision - October 2021 | Facebook, GDPR | |
Ireland | Ireland Data protection commission - 2023 | Meta, personal data | |
Turkey | Social media law - 2020 | Social networks, content moderation | |
Turkey | Turkish Competition Authority - 2021 | WhatsApp, Facebook, data | |
India | IT Rules 2021 | social media networks, online content moderation | |
EU | Slack competition complaint against Microsoft | Microsoft Teams, Slack, dominant position | |
EU | European Commission | Apple, e-book retailers, competition | |
EU | European Commission | WhatsApp, Facebook, merger | |
EU | European Court of Justice | Google Spain, right to be forgotten | |
EU | EU Parliament and Council | copyright directive | |
EU | European Court of Justice | Youtube, Google, copyright infringement | |
EU | European Court of Justice | Facebook, data transfer, Safe Harbour | |
EU | European Court of Justice | privacy protection, data transfer | |
EU | Advocate General's Opinion in Case C-645/19 | Facebook, data transfer | |
EU | Digital Services Act Package | antitrust, competition |
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EU | Case C-746/18 - 2021 | electronic communications, data, privacy protection | |
EU | Antitrust investigation on Google - June 2021 | Google, dominant position abuse, ad market | |
EU | Antitrust investigation on Facebook - August 2021 | Facebook, Kustomer, merger, advertising | |
EU | Statement of Objections - December 2022 | Facebook, abuse of dominant position | |
EU | Court of Justice of the European Union - November 2023 | Google, Meta, TikTok, hate speech, Austria | |
Russia | Law on tech giants local offices | internet companies, local offices | |
Russia | Investigation on Google - April 2021 | YouTube, contents moderation, dominant position abuse | |
Austria | Austrian Supreme Court - 2021 | Facebook, data management, GDPR |
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