A first impression of regulatory powers in the Digital Services Act

oleh: Ben Wagner, Heleen Janssen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH

Deskripsi

<p>The EU Commission Proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA), released on 15 December 2020, is one of the cornerstones of the Commission’s ‘A Europe Fit for the Digital Age’ political agenda. The regulatory model proposed in the DSA is highly centralised, with the Commission putting itself forward as the sole regulator with teeth vis-à-vis Big Tech, or “very large platforms”. A choice which builds on the failings of the GDPR, but creates tensions with general requirements of independence and impartiality of regulators. </p>