An Intersectional Lens on Online Gender Based Violence and the Digital Services Act

oleh: Asha Allen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH 2022-11-01

Deskripsi

<p>The EU’s Digital Services Act introduces novel mandatory due diligence obligations for online platforms to address potential societal risks posed by the provision of their services &#8211; including the risk of online gender based violence. If effectively implemented, these provisions have the potential to set important standards for tackling some of the most pervasive harms of the digital ecosystem.<br /> However, these efforts will require the adoption of an intersectional methodology, otherwise they will simply fail to provide the necessary mechanisms for those most acutely impacted by these rights violations. </p>