Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User Protection
This paper presents the European regulation of platforms. In its first part, it reconstructs the process by which the concept of ‘platform’ in information technology and marketing have evolved and become a legal concept. This emerged from the mid-2010s, first in amendments of sectoral rules and late...
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| description | This paper presents the European regulation of platforms. In its first part, it reconstructs the process by which the concept of ‘platform’ in information technology and marketing have evolved and become a legal concept. This emerged from the mid-2010s, first in amendments of sectoral rules and later in sui generis platform rules. The second part of the paper argues that these rules can be interpreted as an emerging separate area of law, the ‘European platform law’. One of the most important ultimate justifying principles and purposes of this legal corpus is the protection of users. This is achieved through a number of tools, some of which are legal transplants from other legal areas (such as consumer protection), while others are sui generis legal rules created specifically for platforms, such as the protection of user accounts or the explainability and transparency of algorithms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a7f96680ed44f89903ee2f456b8ba242022-12-22T02:38:06ZengLudovika University PressPublic Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review2498-62752786-07362022-10-01719110810.53116/pgaflr.2022.1.7Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User ProtectionZsolt Ződi0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3978-5493University of Public ServiceThis paper presents the European regulation of platforms. In its first part, it reconstructs the process by which the concept of ‘platform’ in information technology and marketing have evolved and become a legal concept. This emerged from the mid-2010s, first in amendments of sectoral rules and later in sui generis platform rules. The second part of the paper argues that these rules can be interpreted as an emerging separate area of law, the ‘European platform law’. One of the most important ultimate justifying principles and purposes of this legal corpus is the protection of users. This is achieved through a number of tools, some of which are legal transplants from other legal areas (such as consumer protection), while others are sui generis legal rules created specifically for platforms, such as the protection of user accounts or the explainability and transparency of algorithms.https://folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/pgaf/article/view/6319/5087internet platformsconcept of platformplatform as legal conceptuser protection on platformsdigital services act (dsa)digital markets act (dma)platform-workplatform lawcomprehensibility of user contractstransparency and explainability of algorithmscomplaint mechanism on platforms |
| spellingShingle | Zsolt Ződi Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User Protection Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review internet platforms concept of platform platform as legal concept user protection on platforms digital services act (dsa) digital markets act (dma) platform-work platform law comprehensibility of user contracts transparency and explainability of algorithms complaint mechanism on platforms |
| title | Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User Protection |
| title_full | Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User Protection |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User Protection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User Protection |
| title_short | Characteristics of the European Platform Regulation : Platform Law and User Protection |
| title_sort | characteristics of the european platform regulation platform law and user protection |
| topic | internet platforms concept of platform platform as legal concept user protection on platforms digital services act (dsa) digital markets act (dma) platform-work platform law comprehensibility of user contracts transparency and explainability of algorithms complaint mechanism on platforms |
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