The process of accessing data from the short messages Endings X (East Twitter) takes a surprising turn: the Berlin Regional Court has cut the judge responsible from the settlement process as it may be biased. This confirmed by a court spokesperson in Hees online on Friday (AZ. 41 O 140/25 EV).
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On 7 February, on the request of Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and Society for Freedom Rights (GFF), the Regional Court ordered organizations on the basis of European Digital Services Act (DSA) “Platform X” through an online interface must be given.
Windows 10 is ending: Administration is preparing computerThe DSA determines that so-called very large online platforms include X or Twitter-Eve to provide API access to data for research objectives. At the end of 2023, the European Union Commission initiated a process against X, among other things, provision of data for research objectives.
Request for objection and bias
The X had objected to prohibitory orders earlier in the week. In addition, the company’s lawyers requested for rejection against the judge, which was given by the Chamber on Thursday. “His bias is not really not exist to reject the judge,” says court spokesperson. Rather, if a party may be worried, the judge is not fair.
The chamber came to the conclusion that this concern could arise “as the judge in the past worked for the company supporting the applicant,” the court spokesman continued. Despite the change of the judge, the original decision was present for time. On 27 February, while chaired by another judge of the Chamber, while interacting on the Company X item.
After research by Heise Online, the judge, who was now removed from the process, acted as a legal trainee for GFF in 2023. GFF confirmed this at the request. A GFF spokesman said, “The judge, in which the district court applied for bias, completed three months as a legal trainee in GFF in early 2023.” The case against X was not yet planned.
Effect on open process
A GFF spokesman said, “Before issuing prohibition to GFF and DRI lawyers, it was not known that the procedure was assigned to a former trainee of GFF.” “We do not expect a decision to apply negatively for further decisions in the case.”
GFF is a civil rights organization established in 2015 with the involvement of former Criminal Judge in Berlin Regional Court Ulf Barmeyer and Green politician Malte Spitz. Burmeyer worked fully to his judge in summer of 2024 to work on his work on GFF and well podcast’s board “Nation“To dedicate, which he works with journalist Philip Banns. Burmeyer was sometimes a writer for Heis online and by 2016 and recently a guest in the data protection podcast” Interpretation Matter “.
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