"including the development of a relevant binding legal instrument, to prevent that powerful digital businesses become centres of political power and violate human rights including freedom of expression".
The need for a relevant binding legal instrument is caused by the
complexity and the effectiveness of regulating exclusively at the national level the cross-border phenomenon of global dissemination of information by Internet intermediaries, which does not correspond to the scale of the problem. In addition, the problem lies not only in the concentration of political power at digital platforms, but also in its use by Internet giants with violations of fundamental rights and freedoms.