Event


24 to 25 November 2022 Trier, Germany

Online Hate Speech: Legal and Policy Developments

Focus on the Digital Services Act Proposal

Published 1 year, 6 months ago

Objective

This hybrid conference will bring legal and policy practitioners up to date by providing an overview of the latest policy developments, legislative initiatives and case law in the field of hate speech and other illegal online content, with a focus on the EU Proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA), reforming the existing EU e-commerce legal framework.

Key topics
  • Notice-and-action procedures
  • Risk assessment
  • Algorithmic decision-making
  • Human rights-based approach
  • Protection of civil society space and media freedom
  • Disinformation
  • Hate crime
  • Gender-based hate speech
  • Recent ECtHR and CJEU case law
Who should attend?

Judges, prosecutors and other judicial staff, lawyers in private practice, policy officers, government officials, legal staff of NGOs and international organisations, EU staff.

Hybrid format

If participants cannot attend the conference in Trier, they can still join online! Participants will be able to interact immediately and directly with top-quality speakers and other participants.

Details on the program, fees and registration can be found on the conference website.