Academic, and legal counsel
Yesterday, the Plenary of the Slovak Constitutional Court referred a number of questions about the interpretation of the European Media Freedom Act to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The case giving rise to the preliminary reference, PL. 10/2024, concerns the constitutional review of the Act on Radio and Television of Slovakia. Below [ ]
Ahead of yesterday s US House of Representatives hearing on the Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation , more than 30 academics researching the EU Digital Services Act and civil liberties sent an open letter to Rep. Jim Jordan and Commissioner Henna Virkkunen. We wrote to correct persistent misconceptions that the DSA is a tool for [ ]
Finally! The DSA newsletter is back. The last couple of months were very hectic on many fronts. I think if you read the newsletter, you will understand. So let s get right into it. The seventh edition summarises the long period from October 2024 to June 2025. It covers the first publication of risk management dossiers, new EC investigations into [ ]
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. [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [2x], 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. [ ]
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, [ ]
This is an excerpt from a draft of Chapter 9 from my forthcoming book (Husovec, Principles of the Digital Services Act (OUP, [May] 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 [ ]