Freedom of Expression and Platform Liability

Legal Standards, Remedies, and the Governance of Online Speech
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-39167-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This book examines the relationship between intermediary liability, freedom of expression, and effective remedies in the digital environment. Drawing on the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), it explores the legal principles that shape platform responsibility and content moderation, placing recent developments within the broader framework of European fundamental rights protection.
At the heart of the analysis are two innovative review mechanisms: Meta’s Oversight Board and the Appeals Centre Europe, an out-of-court dispute settlement body established under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The book critically assesses whether these bodies can provide safeguards traditionally associated with judicial remedies, including independence, transparency, legitimacy, accountability, and accessibility.
Through a detailed examination of institutional design and key content moderation decisions, particularly in the area of hate speech, the study reveals both the potential and the structural limitations of private and hybrid remedial mechanisms. In doing so, it makes an important contribution to ongoing debates on intermediary liability, platform governance, digital constitutionalism, and the protection of fundamental rights online.
A valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and advanced students working in the fields of EU digital regulation, freedom of expression, and platform governance.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gyetván, Dorina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medienphilosophie, Medienethik, Medienrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction And Methodology.- 2. Freedom Of Expression As A Fundamental Human Right.- 3. Split In The Middle?.- 4. The Us Origins Of Intermediary Liability.- 5. Intermediary Regulation In Europe.- 6. Oversight Board: Remedying Flawed Legislation And Moderation?. 7. Effective Remedy And Private Entities.- 8. Evaluation Of Hate Speech Cases.- 9. The Oversight Board, Appeals Center Europe And The Dsa.- 10. Conclusions And Recommendations.- List Of Cases.

Über Autor(innen)

Dorina Gyetvan is an attorney-at-law with a legal and international relations backgorund. She has been researching and specializing in digital rights, social media regulation, intermediary liability, freedom of expression and social media content moderation since 2018. Her latest research focuses on the practical and theoretical implications of the Oversight Board and Appeals Centre Europe. She has published several research papers on these topics both in Hungarian and English, inlcluding co-authored works on AI and the EU regulatory frameworks like the DSA and the AI Act. Her research critically explores censorship, content moderation and human rights in digital environments, mostly focusing on Facebook (Meta). She has been actively participating in international academic conferences and contributing to interdisciplinary legal discourse by presenting her reaserach findings, inlcuding conferences in the Czech Republic, the UK and Croatia.