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On 29 April 2022, the District Court of Amsterdam (Rechtbank Amsterdam) delivered an important judgment on whether a social media influencer is entitled to invoke the right to protection of journalistic sources. Notably, the Court held that the activities of a Dutch social media influencer, with over 400 000 followers on Instagram and YouTube, fell within the concept of “journalism”, and the influencer was entitled not to reveal her sources in legal proceedings over an online video. The case centred on the well-known Dutch influencer Yvonne Coldeweijer (the defendant), who operates...

On 8 March 2022, the largest Internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands (VodafoneZiggo, T-Mobile and KPN) announced that the websites of the Russian state-owned media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik would be blocked in the Netherlands. This followed the adoption of a regulation by the Council of the European Union on 1 March 2022, which prohibited “operators to broadcast or to enable, facilitate or otherwise contribute to broadcast, any content by [Russia Today and Sputnik], including through transmission or distribution by any means such as cable, satellite, IP-TV, internet service...

On 15 March 2022, the Gerechtshof Amsterdam (Amsterdam Court of Appeal) delivered an important judgment largely upholding an earlier District Court judgment on the lawfulness of allegations contained in an investigative crime programme using hidden-camera footage (IRIS 2020-10/10). The Court of Appeal conducted a fundamental rights balancing exercise similar to that of the District Court, with the important difference that it assessed the original TV broadcast and the modified online episode as separate communications. It ruled that because of the implementation of privacy-preserving measures,...

On 16 February 2022, the Rechtbank Amsterdam (District Court of Amsterdam) delivered an important judgment regarding user-generated content posted without prior consent on video-platforms hosting adult content. The case was filed as a class action lawsuit instigated by Stichting Stop Online Shaming (Stop Online Shaming Foundation — SOS), representing the interests of victims of online privacy infringements, and Stichting Expertisebureau Online Kindermisbruik (Online Child Abuse Expertise Centre Foundation), concerned with preventing and countering (online) child abuse...

On 3 March 2022, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority) announced that the recently-established Digital Regulation Cooperation Platform (SDT) has opened its first investigation into effective online transparency and the use of internet users' data. The SDT is a first-ever regulatory collaboration between the Dutch Media Authority, Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets, the Dutch Data Protection Authority, and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets. The SDT was established to strengthen the supervision of digital activities, and strengthen enforcement...