BROD at the DSA Conference in Amsterdam: Developing Commons-Based Digital Governance to Address Media Literacy Crises - The Case of Bulgaria
Published Wednesday 18 February 2026 at 20:20
BROD was invited to the 2nd DSA Observatory Conference, hosted by Amsterdam Law School on 16–17 February 2026, where scholars, regulators, practitioners, and civil society experts come together to assess how the Digital Services Act is functioning in practice and to reflect on its implications for platform accountability, fundamental rights, and democratic governance in Europe and beyond.
The BROD coordinator Keith Peter Kiely, PhD, presented the co-authored paper with Iglika Ivanova Beyond Platform Capitalism: Developing Commons-Based Digital Governance to Address Media Literacy Crises - The Case of Bulgaria.
In the two years since its adoption, the DSA has matured into a functional regulatory framework, characterized by formal proceedings against VLOPs/VLOSEs, the emergence of systemic risk reporting, and the practical implementation of oversight mechanisms. The landscape is now defined by a diverse accountability ecosystem, comprising auditors, researchers, navigating the intersections of AI, political advertising, and digital markets. Amid mounting geopolitical pressure, this conference critically assesses the framework's effectiveness in protecting fundamental rights and evaluates its success in setting a new global standard for platform governance.
