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Continue reading →: “Regulatory Misalignment” and the Digital Omnibus saga: Quo Vadis?, by Barbara LazarottoComplaints about the lack of cohesion in the EU’s digital acquis long predate the Digital Omnibus itself. In less than a decade, the EU built a dense stack of overlapping regimes, creating a complex regulatory system not only for companies but also for enforcers. In my PhD thesis, I explored…
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Continue reading →: Can the EU sanction individuals for their pro-Kremlin speech?, by Francesca FinelliIn principle, EU sanctions are not directed against individuals merely because they express anti-EU or pro-Russian political opinions. However, since February 2022, designations have increasingly targeted communicative, dissemination, and even artistic activities that the Council characterises as contributing to Russia’s war of aggression, as well as its hybrid warfare against…
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Continue reading →: EU sanctions against media outlets, by Luigi LonardoAs Hillebrandt explains in his blog post, the ‘public sphere’ in Europe – that transnational artefact that EU institutions are willing into existence – is increasingly subject to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). That FIMI matters is clear to everyone: elections results are altered because of it (or anyways…
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Continue reading →: Young carers in the Swedish welfare regulation – any news in recent years?, by Per-Ola Wiklander1. Introduction Young carers form a concept and a distinct group of children which has not gained much attention in Swedish legal research. However, there is a growing research base in Sweden targeting young carers as a group of children with specific challenges and needs, such as problems with their…
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Continue reading →: Dealing with FIMI: the Union’s dilemma, by Maarten HillebrandtIt appears difficult to dispute that the online public spheres in the EU’s member states are today confronted with a constant stream of deliberate political manipulation and deception campaigns. This is attested by a long stream of recent high-profile controversies, from the sudden appearance of various imitation news websites containing…