Abstract
The often controversial role Internet intermediaries play has posed challenges for regulators and legislators. As the editors of this volume argue, ‘we should think hard so as not to overregulate, lest we stifle innovation; but we should think harder so as not to underregulate, lest we lose our personal freedoms’ (p. xv). Their book is the outcome of a meeting held in 2018 in Brussels on the topic of future regulation of intermediaries with participants from academic and civil society as well as policy makers. It is focused on ‘fundamental rights protection online connected to content or other speech curation’ (p. xv) predominantly in the European Union (EU). The book is split into four parts. Part I, ‘Conceptual Issues’, consists of two chapters on metaphors and judicial frame, and filter bubble and fundamental rights. Part II, ‘The National Law Approach’, comprises four chapters from different contexts: Germany, France, Italy and the United States. Part III, ‘Towards a European Law Approach?’, includes four chapters on the issue of intermediaries, the EU Code of Conduct on Hate Speech and other initiatives as well as a EU proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The final part, ‘Towards an International Law Approach?’, consists of two chapters on the liability of Internet intermediaries and the European Court of Human Rights, and a business and human rights perspective for Internet intermediaries.