Individuals with disabilities face numerous challenges when accessing digital services and products, encountering significant barriers in their daily lives. The German Accessibility Act (Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz,...more
7/1/2025
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Compliance ,
Digital Services ,
e-Books ,
Enforcement ,
Germany ,
Manufacturers ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Telecommunications ,
Website Accessibility ,
Websites
To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
10/12/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Germany ,
Net Neutrality ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telecommunications ,
UK
On April 28, 2022, the German telecoms regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) banned the zero-rating programs of two of the country’s largest cellular providers. A statement released by BNetzA called out Deutsche Telekom’s...more
To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison & Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical developments in this area that...more
7/8/2021
/ Algorithms ,
Big Tech ,
Blockchain ,
Child Pornography ,
Digital Services ,
Drug Trafficking ,
eBay ,
EU ,
European Parliament ,
Germany ,
Information Technology ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Marketplace ,
Online Platforms ,
Smart Contracts ,
Telecommunications ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Terrorism Funding ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
In two long-awaited decisions handed down yesterday and last week, respectively, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had the opportunity to decide the fate of online or “over-the-top” (OTT) communications services under...more
After a legislative procedure lasting more than two years, the European Union has finally published its new “European Electronic Communications Code” (EECC). It provides updated rules for providers of traditional mobile and...more
The existing European telecoms regulatory framework has not undergone any major amendments since 2009. The EU regulatory regime has been overtaken by technological and market changes. And, not only has the outdated regime...more
In December 2015, we reported about a German court that classified Google’s Gmail as a regulated telecommunications service. This court decision added to the discussion of whether and to what extent communications services...more
For the past five years, Google and the German telecommunications regulator, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA), have been arguing whether Google’s email service Gmail qualifies as a telecommunications...more