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Heldt, A. (2019): Good Ends, Bad Means? The EU’s Struggle To Protect Copyright and Freedom of Speech. In: cfr.org - Website des Council on Foreign Relations.16 April 2019.
Amélie Pia Heldt, Maître en droit
2019
The Global Digital Human Rights Network (GDHRNet) will systematically explore the theoretical and practical challenges posed by the online context to the protection of human rights.
The institute will provide scientific support for the media conference in the context of Germany's 2020 EU Council Presidency and is analysing in advance the requirements of a modern European information order.
This project aims to gain insights into deletion practices in online communication spaces and creates a taxonomy of deleted postings from the online forums of a large Austrian daily newspaper and a German question-answer portal.
Is user-generated content on private communication platforms protected by freedom of expression? In her PhD project, Amélie Heldt focuses on the effect of the fundamental right on freedom of expression on the Internet.
In which cases is a WiFi provider liable for illegal downloads made by a third party using its internet access? Is YouTube to be held responsible for uploads infringing the copyright? Such questions cannot be answered conclusively by the written law and are a solved by the construction of interferen...
In her dissertation thesis, Amélie Heldt asks whether information intermediaries such as social networks are or should be bound by freedom of expression when they moderate users' posts and comments. Based on a constitutional, comparative and interdisciplinary analysis, she advoc...
In the journal Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht - ZUM, Amélie Heldt and Prof. Dr. Moritz Hennemann (University of Passau) write about the Facebook rulings of the Federal Court of Justice. Heldt, A.; Hennemann, M. (2021): Prozedurale Vermessung: Das Kuratieren kommunikative...
In the journal Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik, PD Matthias C. Kettemann, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz and Martin Fertmann ask whether the digital legal acts planned by the European Commission can live up to their claims. Kettemann, M. C.; Schulz, W.; Fertmann, M. (2021): Anspruch und Wirklichkeit...
In their conference paper, Martin Fertmann and Matthias C. Kettemann write about intermediaries and freedom of expression. The conference paper is available as an open access publication. Artikel available for download (pdf) Abstract Humans are social beings. We experience ourselves through...
Who should determine what could be said on digital platforms? Martin Fertmann and Matthias Kettemann write on Tagesspiegel Background about how institutions can be designed for this purpose, where the risks lie and which role the Facebook Oversight Board plays. To the article (online, in Germ...
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