Internet
Blog and Research – Sovereignty, Jurisdiction in Cyberspace
My latest article “International Law Protection in Cyberspace Against Ransomware and Experience of Vietnam” outlines the application of sovereignty in cyberspace, in the context of ransomware attacks in private sectors, and cybersecurity in Vietnam.
EU: Freedom to provide information society services – Google, Meta and Tiktok
Directive 2000/31/EC prohibits a Member State from providing the legislative measures restricting the freedom to provide information society services from another Member State.
World Wide Web
Last 30 April marked 30 years since the EU organisation for nuclear research first released the World Wide Web software to the public, promoting the core values of open collaboration for the benefit of society, making it free and accessible to everyone. On 28 April, the EU Commission published its reports on the open internet…
EU: Designation of Very Large Online Platforms & Search Engines
Today on 25 April 2023, the Commission published a list of 17 Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and 2 Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) based on their public amount of user data. As expected, it includes those of tech giants Meta, Google, Microsoft, ByteDance, Alibaba (AliExpress), Amazon (Amazon store), Apple, Snap Inc., Twitter, Pinterest…
EU: Proposed transformation of Gigabit Connectivity
The European Commission introduced on February 23, 2023 the Gigabit Infrastructure Act, a draft Recommendation and a consultation.
France: restrict children’s access to pornography sites
The legislative proposal establishes a digital age restriction to protect children from pornography with an experiment of a solution.
EU Digital Services Act: obligation to publish numbers of users
On February 1, 2023, the European Commission published its guidance of the obligation to publish numbers of users.
Cybersecurity update in Jan 2023
PayPal cyber attack and Global Cybersecurity Outlook Report of 2023.
Why do some people keep posting misinformation?
Oxford Internet Institute published a research, showing how health misinformation groups receive funds for their anti-vaccination campaigns.