The platform is the message (prospects for the legal framework of the platforms) Cover Image

Платформата е съобщението (перспективи пред правната уредба на платформите)
The platform is the message (prospects for the legal framework of the platforms)

Author(s): Nelly Ognyanova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Civil Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Social Philosophy, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Communication studies, Sociology, Philosophy of Law, EU-Legislation, Sociology of Law, Geopolitics, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption, Rhetoric, Commercial Law
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: platforms; EU Digital Services Act; video-sharing platform services; EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive; Radio and Television Law

Summary/Abstract: For the first time the Bulgarian Radio and Television Law include provisions related to video sharing platforms. Platforms are a new type of intermediary. Do we know enough about how platforms influence global social and political processes? Internet companies contribute to democratization of access to knowledge and culture. But when the platform is the message, media ecosystems no longer function as we know it. In the time of global platforms, competition is limited. Platforms negatively affect traditional business models of the creative industries and the media, allow tech giants to gain enormous economic power based on capitalization of clients data, influence global social and political processes and spread disinformation and illegal content. What did the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2018) provide for and what can be expected from the next acts of the legislators?

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 92-110
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Bulgarian