1st Edition

Beyond Hate Speech Clearly Unlawful Content in EU Digital Law

By Marcin Rojszczak Copyright 2026
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive examination of digital regulation's most pressing challenge: building effective legal frameworks to counter unlawful speech across digital platforms. Moving beyond traditional focus on service provider responsibility, it adopts a holistic approach examining perspectives of providers, content creators, and end-users. It analyses content moderation limits,... Read more

Part 1: In search of a definition of clearly unlawful content 1. Hate speech from a human rights and regulatory perspective 2. Clearly unlawful content: A broader perspective 3. Technical aspects of content filtering Part 2: Liability of service providers 4. Origins of the internet intermediary liability model 5. Reforming the liability model: towards the expedited removal of unlawful content Part 3: Liability of users in the age of digital speech 6. Users’ liability for publishing unlawful content 7. User liability for failing to react to others’ unlawful speech Part 4: Towards a new standard 8. From a jigsaw puzzle to a clear liability model

Biography

Marcin Rojszczak is Associate Professor on Cybersecurity and Privacy Law at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. He holds a Habilitation (Dr. Habil.) in Law, a PhD in Law, and a Master of Science in Information Security. His research interests include cybersecurity, electronic surveillance, and cross-border aspects of data protection law. He is the author of more than 50 publications on the new technologies law. He has been honoured with the Professor Remigiusz Kaszubski Award in 2021 for his work on innovative solutions in electronic banking and new technology law.