This book is about rights and powers in the digital age. It is an attempt to reframe the role of constitutional democracies in the algorithmic society. By focusing on the European constitutional framework as a lodestar, this book examines the rise and consolidation of digital constitutionalism as a reaction to digital capitalism. The primary goal is to examine how European digital constitutionalism can protect fundamental rights and democratic values against the charm of digital liberalism and the challenges raised by platform powers. Firstly, this book investigates the reasons leading to the development of digital constitutionalism in Europe. Secondly, it provides a normative framework analysing to what extent European constitutionalism provides an architecture to protect rights and limit the exercise of unaccountable powers in the algorithmic society.
Author(s): Giovanni De Gregorio
Series: Cambridge Studies In European Law And Policy
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 384
Tags: Human Rights: Effect Of Technological Innovations On: European Union Countries; Digital Media: Law And Legislation: European Union Countries; Artificial Intelligence: Law And Legislation: European Union Countries
Cover
Half-title page
Series page
Books in the Series
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 Digital Constitutionalism: An Introduction
1.1 Reframing Constitutionalism in the Digital Age
1.2 Paths of Constitutionalisation
1.3 Governing the Algorithmic Society
1.4 The Forgotten Talent of European Constitutionalism
1.5 Investigating European Digital Constitutionalism
1.6 Research Structure
2 The Rise of European Digital Constitutionalism
2.1 Moving towards European Digital Constitutionalism
2.2 The Charm of Digital Liberalism
2.2.1 Immunising Online Intermediaries
2.2.2 Ensuring the Free Circulation of Personal Data
2.3 Judicial Activism As a Bridge
2.3.1 The Constitutional Dimension of Online Intermediaries
2.3.2 The Judicial Path towards Digital Privacy
2.4 The Reaction of European Digital Constitutionalism
2.4.1 Democratising Content Moderation
2.4.2 Centring a Personal Data Risk-Based Approach
2.5 Freedoms and Powers in the Algorithmic Society
3 The Law of the Platforms
3.1 From Public to Private As from Atoms to Bits
3.2 The Governance Shift
3.2.1 The First Constitutional Asymmetry
3.2.2 The Second Constitutional Asymmetry
3.3 Delegated Exercise of Quasi-Public Powers Online
3.3.1 Delegating Powers on Content
3.3.2 Delegating Powers on Data
3.4 Autonomous Exercise of Quasi-Public Powers Online
3.4.1 A New Status Subjectionis or Digital Social Contract
3.4.2 The Exercise of Autonomous Powers
3.5 Converging Powers in the Algorithmic Society
4 From Parallel Tracks to Overlapping Layers
4.1 The Intimate Connection between Content and Data
4.2 An Evolving Relationship on Different Constitutional Grounds
4.3 The Blurring Lines between Content and Data
4.3.1 Active Providers and Data Controllers
4.3.2 From the Takedown of Content to the Delist of Data
4.4 From Legal Divergence to Convergence
4.4.1 Constitutional Conflict and Converging Values
4.4.2 From Content to Process
4.4.3 Content and Data Liability
4.5 The Challenges Ahead in the Field of Content and Data
5 Digital Constitutionalism and Freedom of Expression
5.1 Expressions in the Algorithmic Society
5.2 From the Free Marketplace of Ideas …
5.3 … To the Algorithmic Marketplace of Ideas
5.3.1 The Public Sphere in the Age of Algorithms
5.3.2 The Logic of Moderation
5.3.3 Private Enforcement of Freedom of Expression
5.4 The First Reaction of European Digital Constitutionalism
5.5 Horizontal Effect Filling Regulatory Gaps
5.6 Rethinking Media Pluralism in the Age of Online Platforms
5.6.1 The Positive Side of Freedom of Expression
5.6.2 The Passive Side of Freedom of Expression
5.6.3 The Digital Services Act
5.7 Expressions and Personal Data
6 Digital Constitutionalism, Privacy and Data Protection
6.1 Data in the Algorithmic Society
6.2 From the Right to Be Let Alone …
6.3 … To Privacy and Data Protection in the Age of Big Data
6.4 The Constitutional Challenges of Big Data
6.4.1 The Blurring Boundaries of Personal Data
6.4.2 Clashing General Principles
6.4.3 The Freedom from Algorithmic Processing
6.5 The Constitutional Reframing of the GDPR
6.5.1 Recentring Human Dignity
6.5.2 Conflicting Positions and Proportionality
6.5.3 Enhancing Due Process
6.6 Constitutional Values in the Algorithmic Society
7 The Road Ahead of European Digital Constitutionalism
7.1 The Consolidation of European Digital Constitutionalism
7.2 Values: Digital Humanism versus Digital Capitalism
7.3 Governance: Public Authority versus Private Ordering
7.4 Scope: Constitutional Imperialism versus Constitutional Protectionism
7.5 Conclusions: The Constitutional Lesson Learnt and the Digital Road Ahead
Bibliography
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