Il pezzo mancante nel mosaico del DSA? L'articolo 18 dell'EMFA e il privilegio dei media

Autori

  • Matteo Monti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32091/RIID0173

Parole chiave:

Privilegio mediale, EMFA, Libertà d’espressione, Libertà d’informazione, DSA, Moderazione dei contenuti

Abstract

L’articolo esamina le disposizioni degli articoli 18 e 19 dell'European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) in relazione al quadro della governance digitale definito dal Digital Services Act (DSA), con particolare attenzione al privilegio mediale codificato nell'articolo 18 EMFA. La sezione 2 analizza il privilegio dei media di cui agli articoli 18 e 19 EMFA da tre punti di vista: i requisiti per ottenere questo privilegio e i soggetti mediali che possono beneficiarne; il funzionamento del suddetto privilegio e le sue intersezioni con il DSA; i meccanismi di trasparenza e il ruolo del Comitato ex articolo 19 EMFA. La sezione 3 esplora il quadro costituzionale che sottende il privilegio per i media di cui all'articolo 18 EMFA e affronta le critiche a questo privilegio mediale. In particolare, la sezione si sofferma su due critiche: il rischio di accordare questo privilegio ad agenti attivi nelle campagne di disinformazione e la legittimità “costituzionale” di tale privilegio. Le osservazioni finali riassumono le principali riflessioni e offrono alcune osservazioni conclusive.

Biografia autore

  • Matteo Monti

    Max Weber visiting fellow, Istituto universitario europeo

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Pubblicato

2024-10-14

Fascicolo

Sezione

Sezione monografica - EMFA Under the Spotlight - Parte I

Come citare

[1]
Monti, M. 2024. Il pezzo mancante nel mosaico del DSA? L’articolo 18 dell’EMFA e il privilegio dei media. Rivista italiana di informatica e diritto. 6, 2 (Oct. 2024), 195–212. DOI:https://doi.org/10.32091/RIID0173.