Digital Policy Lab: Policy Digest #10

Policy Digests offer an overview of recent digital policy developments in Digital Policy Lab (DPL) member countries, including regulatory and non-regulatory initiatives aiming to combat online harms such as disinformation, hate speech, extremist or terrorist content.

The European Commission inaugurated the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Justice proposed key points for a ‘Law against digital violence’, whilst the Federal Office of Justiceopened fine proceedings against Twitter concerning its content moderation. Switzerland prepares a draft bill for consultation on the regulation of communication platforms, while the UK’s Online Safety Bill entered its Committee Stage. This Digest further presents selected analyses and commentary on the topic of ‘post-organisational’ extremism.