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EU: European Commission: Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market - Opportunities and Challenges for Europe

26 April 2016

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EDRi comments:

Privatised law enforcement: "responsible behaviour of online platforms, inter alia to fight against illegal and harmful content and to ensure adequate protection of all and especially vulnerable platform users as well as of core societal values" (Page 6)

On Big Data: "Data is the fuel of the digital economy and platforms need to collect data as part of their service and in order to optimise consumers' online experience. Data also underpins marketplace efficiency and innovative uses of data can boost economic productivity. Its importance goes beyond purely economic purposes as the collection and analysis of vast amounts of data can save lives, improve education, and enhance government services. However, large-scale data collection also has the capacity to create new power asymmetries, and potentially reinforce disadvantages faced by low-income and underserved communities, or to unwittingly influence people's behaviour or choices? particularly in the context of purchasing a product or enlisting a service, but also in influencing other choices such as political or societal ones." (Page 11)

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