نگاهی تطبیقی بر رویکرد حقوق آمریکا و اتحادیه اروپا نسبت به نحوه تعامل حقوق بنیادین با بازارهای دیجیتال

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 استادیار، دانشکده حقوق، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران.

2 دانش‌آموخته دکتری، دانشکده حقوق، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران (نویسنده‌ مسئول) s_soodbar@sbu.ac.ir

چکیده
از دهه‌های پایانی سدۀ بیستم، ظهور قدرت دیجیتال، دولت‌ها را بهسوی اتخاذ رویکرد حقوقی مشخص در مواجهه با عملکرد بازیگران این عرصه بهطور خاص پلتفرم‌ها سوق داد. مطالعۀ دو الگوی حاکم در دو سوی اقیانوس اطلس یعنی اتحادیه اروپا و ایالات متحده، درک سیر رویارویی حقوقی با این صاحبان قدرت نوظهور را تسهیل می‌کند. در هر دو نظام موردنظر در سال‌های نخستین تأسیس پلتفرم‌ها، به داده‌های درحال گردش در فضای دیجیتال همچون عوامل تولید نگریسته شده است که گردش هرچه بیشتر آن بهمعنای دستیابی به سطح بالاتری از سود بود. همچنین در این بازه زمانی و بهمنظور تأمین هدف مذکور، پلتفرم‌ها نسبت به محتوای در حال انتقال از هرگونه مسئولیت حقوقی مصونیت داشتند. از سال‌های نخستین سده بیست‌ویکم مسیر این دو نظام از یکدیگر فاصله گرفت؛ اتحادیه با ملاحظه تمرکز قدرت در دست پلتفرم‌ها و بهویژه نقض حق بر حریم خصوصی کاربران تلاش کرد تا با گردش از رویکرد لیبرالیسم اقتصادی بهسوی تنظیم‌گری دیجیتال حرکت کند که این جریان ابتدا در بستر رویه‌ قضایی و سپس هنجارهای وضع شده، در رأس آن مقررات عمومی حفاظت از داده‌های شخصی منعکس شد. حال‌ آنکه ایالات متحده همچنان با اصرار بر موازین اولیه عدم دخالت‌ خود بر اعمال مؤلفه‌های بازار آزاد به فضای دیجیتال تأکید کرد. در این پژوهش در پی پاسخ به این پرسش هستیم که مواجهه‌ حقوقی متفاوت اروپا و ایالات متحده با جریان دیجیتال‌گرایی از چه مبنایی پیروی می‌کند. در این راستا یافته‌ اصلی آن است که اروپا با دغدغه‌ تأمین حقوق کاربران در لوای حق بر حریم خصوصی به تنظیم‌گری فضای دیجیتال پرداخته است، لکن ایالات متحده با استناد به حق بر آزادی بیان تعمیم سیاست‌های نظام سرمایه‌داری به این فضا را توجیه می‌کند.

کلیدواژه‌ها


عنوان مقاله English

A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and EU Approaches to the Interaction Between Fundamental Rights and Digital Markets

نویسندگان English

Mohammad Jalali 1
Sogol Soodbar 2
1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 Ph.D. in Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. Corresponding Author’s email: s_soodbar@sbu.ac.ir.
چکیده English

Since the closing decades of the twentieth century, the emergence of digital power has compelled states to adopt distinct legal approaches toward the activities of digital actors, particularly online platforms. Examining the two dominant regulatory models on either side of the Atlantic- the European Union and the United States- facilitates an understanding of the evolution of legal responses to these emerging centers of power. In both jurisdictions, during the early stages of platform development, data circulating in the digital environment were primarily regarded as a factor of production, with the free flow of data viewed as a means of maximizing economic profit. To advance this objective, platforms were granted broad immunity from legal liability for content transmitted through their services. Beginning in the early twenty-first century, however, the regulatory trajectories of the two systems diverged. Recognizing the growing concentration of power in the hands of digital platforms, particularly its implications for users’ right to privacy, the European Union gradually shifted from an economic liberalism paradigm toward digital regulation. This transformation first emerged through judicial practice and was subsequently institutionalized in legislative instruments, most notably the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By contrast, the United States continued to adhere to its longstanding non-interventionist approach, emphasizing the application of free-market principles to the digital sphere. This study seeks to answer the following question: what normative foundations explain the divergent legal responses of the European Union and the United States to digitalization? The principal finding is that the European regulatory model is primarily driven by the protection of users’ rights, particularly the right to privacy, whereas the United States justifies extending the principles of the capitalist market order to the digital environment by relying on the constitutional protection of freedom of expression.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Digitalization, Digital liberalism, Free Circulation of Data, Digital Capitalism, Online Intermediaries' Immunity ">.

کتاب

1. انصاری، باقر، شیما عطار و امیرحسین صالحی، حقوق داده‌ها و هوش مصنوعی: مفاهیم و چالش‌ها، چ 2، تهران: شرکت سهامی انتشار، ۱۴۰۲.
 
 

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