Authors: Natascha Gerlach and Jasmina Byrne A case for safe participation over exclusion Recent proposals to restrict minors’ access to social media reflect legitimate concerns about children’s online safety and reflect growing public demand for stronger protections. From Australia to Europe, governments are increasingly turning to age-based restrictions as a way to reduce online harms. The debate, however, has become too […]

The European Commission’s proposed Digital Fairness Act (DFA) intends to address legitimate concerns about certain online practices, such as addictive design and the use of dark patterns in digital environments. Particular emphasis is placed on strengthening protections for “vulnerable groups” in the context of digital advertising and profiling more generally. At its core lies the […]

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) represents one of the most ambitious regulatory interventions in the digital economy to date. It was intended to empower consumers and to level the market playing field to foster innovation, growth, and competitiveness in the EU. To achieve this, the DMA introduced a number of strict obligations on […]