Dr. Matthias Kettemann, Gregor Fischer and Felicitas Rachinger analyse the draft of the new Austrian Communications Platforms Act in the latest Graz Law Working Paper.
Abstract
Austria’s Communications Platforms Act (KoPl-G) provides for a multi-stage procedure for content moderation, put-back rights and a stronger cooperation between platforms and supervisory authority. It is in some respects better than Germany’s NetzDG. There remain, however, a number of flaws. In remedying them, Austria could extend its reporting obligations to include “soft” content moderation measures, algorithmic tools, and advertising rules.
Fischer, G.; Kettemann, M. C.; Rachinger, Felicitas (2020): Così fan tutte: Some Comments on Austria’s Draft Communications Platforms Act (November 16, 2020). Graz Law Working Paper No 05-2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3731593 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3731593