For most of the early 21st century, EU law on online intermediaries was sparse, with no comprehensive harmonization of intermediary liability. The centerpiece of the legal framework was the 2000 e-Commerce Directive, which contained mere conditional liability exemptions, or ‘safe harbors’, for certain types of intermediary services involving claims for damages (mere conduit or access, caching, and hosting), as well as a prohibition on the imposition by Member States on intermediary service providers of general monitoring obligations (arts 12-15 e-Commerce Directive) … (more)
[João Pedro Quintais, Verfassungsblog, 19 February 2024]
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