The Cambridge Handbook of Media Law and Policy in Europe

This handbook analyses pressing legal and policy issues that have arisen in the rapidly changing media ecosystem: from threats to media freedom and pluralism and the safety of journalists to challenges arising from the shift to platform-based communication, the spread of disinformation and the impact of AI on media and news production. Seeking to pave the way for new, integrated regulatory responses, the individual chapters address legal and policy developments from an overarching perspective that includes insights from human rights law, media law and copyright law. Following this holistic approach, the handbook identifies common principles for a coherent regulatory framework for news and media in Europe. It evaluates existing laws and media governance institutions in light of the economic, technological and political challenges posed to the media sector. The individual contributions present new directions for an integrated approach to European media law and policy. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Martin Senftleben is Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. He is also Of Counsel at Bird & Bird, The Hague. His activities focus on generative AI systems and author remuneration; platform and digital ecosystem regulation; quality journalism and the economic viability of public interest media.

Kristina Irion is Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. Her research spans EU law in relation to data, digital technologies and media. She has written about the independence of media regulatory authorities and the interplay between national and EU media law.

Tarlach McGonagle is Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of Media Law and Information Society at Leiden Law School. He specialises in European and international human rights law, in particular the right to freedom of expression, and in European and international media law and policy.

Joost Poort is Associate Professor and Co-director of the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. He works as an economist on various economic and multi-disciplinary research projects in the field of copyright, telecommunications and media.