The Erosion of Platform Immunity and Liability (heise.de)

• Re-evaluation of traditional 'safe harbor' provisions for big tech.
• The shift from passive hosting to algorithmic content accountability.
• Regulatory focus on mitigating disinformation as a threat to societal resilience.

"The established legal immunity protecting online platforms from liability for user-generated content is being fundamentally reassessed. Once a catalyst for digital innovation, this framework now faces criticism as a loophole enabling harmful content and systemic disinformation. European policy is pivoting toward holding major digital intermediaries accountable for the impacts of their curation algorithms, shifting the responsibility paradigm to align with broader resilience objectives in the digital information ecosystem."