Online Platforms

En octobre 2018, le Conseil de la publicité a émis des recommandations en matière d’influenceurs en ligne. Ces dernières années, les influenceurs en ligne ont connu un succès grandissant et exercent une grande influence, sur les (jeunes) consommateurs.

In oktober 2018 vaardigde de Raad voor Reclame aanbevelingen uit voor online influencers. Deze aanbevelingen moet de consument beschermen en online influencers (of anderen die hiervan gebruik maken) helpen om de regels inzake reclame correct na te leven.

Online marketplaces provide sales channels not only for professional traders but also for individuals selling second-hand goods. For buyers, online advertisements do not always make it clear whether the seller is a professional trader or an individual.

The new Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, is another piece of the puzzle regulating online platforms.

In a judgment dated 22 June 2021, the CJEU clarifies the liability framework of online platform operators when content protected by copyright is uploaded by platform users.

The European Commission wants to regulate the relationship between digital platforms and their workers. The main objective of the Commission is to improve the working conditions of people working through digital labour platforms.

The CJEU validates the new liability regime for large online platforms organised by article 17 of the directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market.

The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) entered into force on 1 June 2022. The new VBER is stricter on dual distribution and across-platform retail parity obligations than the old one, but is more lenient towards active sales and online sales r