Abstract
Online social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok)
constitute a core component of the contemporary digital public sphere. As
such, their regulation should be designed in a manner that enables these
platforms to flourish as digital spaces for robust democratic discourse.
Ensuring effective protection of users’ fundamental right to freedom of
expression is critical toward achieving this aim.
This chapter explores how the current EU legal framework on copyright
enforcement—the seminal provision of which is Article 17 of the Copyright
in the Digital Single Market Directive (DSM) [2019]—can undermine the
freedom of expression on social media platforms by limiting users’ ability to
reuse and reinterpret copyright-protected content in ways that promote
democratic discourse. Thus, the chapter focuses on legal aspects of social
media platform regulation.
The chapter concludes by outlining several proposals presented by copyright law scholars for ensuring a fair balance between user and copyright holder interests in a way that promotes robust democratic discourse in the digital public sphere.
constitute a core component of the contemporary digital public sphere. As
such, their regulation should be designed in a manner that enables these
platforms to flourish as digital spaces for robust democratic discourse.
Ensuring effective protection of users’ fundamental right to freedom of
expression is critical toward achieving this aim.
This chapter explores how the current EU legal framework on copyright
enforcement—the seminal provision of which is Article 17 of the Copyright
in the Digital Single Market Directive (DSM) [2019]—can undermine the
freedom of expression on social media platforms by limiting users’ ability to
reuse and reinterpret copyright-protected content in ways that promote
democratic discourse. Thus, the chapter focuses on legal aspects of social
media platform regulation.
The chapter concludes by outlining several proposals presented by copyright law scholars for ensuring a fair balance between user and copyright holder interests in a way that promotes robust democratic discourse in the digital public sphere.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Introduction to digital humanism |
| Subtitle of host publication | A textbook |
| Editors | Hannes Werthner, Carlo Ghezzi, Jeff Kramer, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Bashar Nuseibeh, Erich Prem, Allison Stanger |
| Publisher | Springer Cham |
| Pages | 463-479 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-031-45304-5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-45303-8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Dec 2023 |