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[Save the Date] Decoding DSA Risk Assessments and Audits at LSE

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posted on December 5, 2024December 16, 2024
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In November 2024, very large online platforms and search engines published their first instalment of European risk assessments, audits, and audit implementation reports according to the EU Digital Services Act. The goal of this event is to discuss what the lengthy reports reveal about the first attempts of companies to comply with the new regulation.

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The DSA Newsletter #6

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posted on September 26, 2024September 27, 2024
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This is your DSA update for May to September 2024. It covers pioneering examples of private enforcement of the DSA, explains what is happening in the world of out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) bodies, and the case of Mr Durov (Telegram), updates on the DSA enforcement actions, the new Commissioner responsible for the DSA, and on

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[Save the Date] European Platform Regulation after Two Years (+ Book Launch)

The EU Digital Services Act was officially adopted as law in October 2022. While it fully entered into force only in February 2024, some companies had to start complying with it already in summer 2023. In the United Kingdom, the Online Safety Act was granted royal assent in October 2023 after years of deliberation. How

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The DSA Newsletter #5

The last four months in the DSA news feel like two years. The DSA entered into full force in February, the Board already managed to meet three times, the Commission launched five additional investigations (AliExpress, Tiktok , Facebook and Instagram), filed countless requests for more information, designated new VLOP(s), issued Guidance on elections, consulted on

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The DSA Newsletter #4

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posted on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
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A lot has happened since July 2023. Here is your (ir)regular summary of the world of the DSA news. Biggest News The European Commission just designated three porn sites as additional VLOPs: Stripchat, Xvideos and Pornhub. This move is hardly surprising given that the porn industry’s numbers did not add up from the very start.

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The DSA Newsletter #3

The newsletter is still alive! The long pause has to do with some technical problems on my end and the LSE grading season. A ton has happened since Newsletter #2. VLOP/VLOSE designations are out This is yesterday’s news, but still worth covering. On April 25, 2023, the European Commission published its list of 17 VLOPs,

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The DSA’s Scope Briefly Explained

This is an excerpt from a draft of Chapter 9 from my forthcoming book (Husovec, Principles of the Digital Services Act (OUP, 2024)). It describes the main digital ecosystem of services that are regulated by the DSA as infrastructure services, hosting services, online platforms, very large online platforms (VLOPs), and very large online search

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The DSA Newsletter #2

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posted on December 21, 2022December 21, 2022
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Here is a roundup of useful resources on the DSA from November and December 2022. Verfassunsblog symposium The symposium that I mentioned last time led to a wonderful collection of essays by scholars working on the DSA. I definitely recommend all the pieces, especially Folkert Wilman’s piece on where the DSA liability chapter fits into

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The DSA Newsletter #1

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posted on November 2, 2022November 2, 2022
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In the coming months, I want to share some useful DSA resources on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. Here is the first batch of the DSA-related resources that I found useful and want to share with you. The DSA was published as Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19

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