Presentation

Organizers:

Date:

September 16, 2025

Time:

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Fee:

Free Entrance

Location:

MC Chapel, University of Aruba

Language:

English

Presentation: Regulation of AI and Online Platforms. How has the EU regulated big tech, and what’s in it for Aruba?

Description

The EU has adopted acts that regulate the contractual relations between online platforms and their business users and consumers, aiming to enhance transparency and fairness. The larger the platform, the greater the protection offered by these acts to its users and competitors. Additionally, the EU regulates product safety. Similar rules apply to AI services to safeguard their users. Personal data is crucial in the business model of platforms, while the protection of these data is a fundamental right of the users—natural persons.
Aruba is not excluded from the digital economy and faces the same imbalance between platforms and their users. However, it is excluded from the EU Digital Acts. Can it nevertheless benefit from the protection offered by the EU? Or can it cherry pick the best solution? During this presentation these questions will be discussed. Come join us!

Speaker

Dr. Wessel Geursen, LL.M., is senior legal advisor EU- & Competition law at the law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam. Wessel specializes in EU law, focusing on competition law, state aid, free movement and foreign direct investment screening (FDI). He obtained his PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he researched the territorial scope of EU law. In his thesis, he specifically answers questions about the applicability of EU law in the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In addition to his role as legal advisor at De Brauw, Wessel lectures at both the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Aruba.

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