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With the expansion of digital economy, tackling illegal online content is an increasingly challenging task. China implemented a dual-track legal mechanism on content moderation, whereby it exempts general monitoring obligations of intermediaries under private law while imposing monitoring obligations under public law. In recent years, major platforms exercise much stronger control over flow of information, Read More …
China is experiencing a phenomenal expansion of platform economy fuelled by the advancement of information and communication technologies. It has become a global fron- trunner in many sectors, including commerce, finance, and entertainment. A comprehen- sive law and policy narrative, however, is largely absent from English academic literature. This paper seeks to fill this gap Read More …
The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) stated that the world has two coexisting dimensions: the Will-side, which is the metaphysical, ideal, and ultimate reality where isolated creatures do not exist; and the Representational side, which Will-powered, self-centered individual phenomenon inhabits. Schopenhauer asserted that in human societies under the imperative of the Will, temporal justice may Read More …
Private actors have become increasingly involved in the law enforcement process in recent years, taking up more proactive roles and being increasingly engaged in choices between conflicting rights and freedoms. The development and spread of information and commu- nication technology (ICT) created a set of conditions in which the participation of private actors (service providers Read More …
Accumulating evidence exploring the impact of the pandemic on mental health has been published as the Covid-19 pandemic has evolved and reflect how shock, anxiety, and fear of the early periods of the pandemic are giving way to depression and PTSD symptoms as the pandemic and its restrictions persist (Thombs et al., 2020; Vindegaard & Read More …
Ukraine is actively denouncing and abandoning its Soviet legacy, with the legal process of decommunization being at the forefront of this process.1 However, despite Ukraine’s ongoing judiciary reformation process amplified by the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, Ukraine’s legal system still contains inherited Soviet legal deficiencies that allow for Read More …
Traffic stops continue to be the primary contact between law enforcement and the public, yet little priority is given to traffic stop education and training. A systematic review of felonious traffic stop-related law enforcement officer (LEO) deaths from 1990 to June 2021 revealed the average LEO killed during and after traffic stops was male, in Read More …
Computational antitrust tools can support competition authorities in the detection of antitrust infringements. However, these tools require the availability of suitable data sets in order to produce reliable results. The present proof-of-concept study focuses on the understudied area of resale price maintenance, that is, the fixing of retail prices between manufacturers and retailers. By applying Read More …
The deployment of pervasive information and communication technologies (ICTs) within smart city initiatives transforms cities into extraordinary apparatuses of data capture. ICTs such as smart cameras, sound sensors and lighting technology are trying to infer and affect persons’ interests, preferences, emotional states, and behaviour. It should be no surprise then that contemporary legal and policy Read More …
The end of the second decade of the 21st century has been the best of times for EU’s cybersecurity law and policy: Its NIS Directive has been transposed into all Member States’ national law, creating a new administrative structure at EU and Member State level and mandating relevant policies and strategies to update and harmonise Read More …