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27 UCLA J.L. & Tech. 32 (2022)
Regulating the Expanding Content Moderation Universe: A European Perspective on Infrastructure Moderation

handle is hein.journals/ujlt27 and id is 102 raw text is: www.uclajolt.com UCLA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUE: GOVERNING THE DIGITAL SPACE REGULATING THE EXPANDING CONTENT MODERATION UNIVERSE: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ON INFRASTRUCTURE MODERATION Christoph Busch* ABSTRACT Much of the public and scholarly debate around content moderation focuses on user-facing platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. More recently, however, battles over content have shifted deeper into the internet stack, from the application layer to the infrastructure layer. As a consequence, hosting companies, domain registrars, ad networks, payment processors, and app stores are playing an increasingly important role in the battle over illegal and harmful content. Recent examples include the removal of the Parler app from iOS and Android app stores in the wake of * Professor of Law and Director of the European Legal Studies Institute, University of Osnabruck, Germany; Visiting Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School; Member of the European Commission's Expert Group for the EU Observatory on the Platform Economy; Reporter for the European Law Institute's Model Rules on Online Platforms. I am very grateful to the participants of the Yale ISP Writing Workshop for valuable advice on an earlier version of this Article. Special thanks to the editorial team of UCLA JOLT for their outstanding editing and thoughtful suggestions. 32 Spring 2022 Vol. 27, No. 2

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