Die mittelbare Harmonisierung des Äußerungsrechts

Does national law governing freedom of expression lose significance in the face of necessarily European regulation of digital communication platforms? The study explains how the extensive application of the GDPR and DSA to digital communications content indirectly harmonises this area of law, giving rise to unresolved conflicts concerning competences, legal doctrine and fundamental rights. It then develops an approach to appropriately delineating European data protection law and national law governing freedom of expression. The research was conducted in the author's capacity as a research associate at the Chair of Public Law held by Federal Constitutional Court Justice Prof. Dr Martin Eifert at Humboldt University of Berlin.