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

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.

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

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

The Digital Services Act reignited the debates about how to treat professional journalists in the see of user-generated content which is often of doubtful quality. Some even go as far as to suggest that journalistic content should be entirely carved out of platform responsibilities or that the content shall enjoy near must-carry status. I am