Putting the Digital Services Act Into Practice: Enforcement, Access to Justice, and Global Implications

Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 13, 2023

Institute for Information Law Research Paper No. 03, 2023

Verfassungsbooks. https://doi.org/10.17176/20230208-093135-0.

244 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2023

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Joris van Hoboken

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR); Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Law, Science, Technology & Society Research Group; University of Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law (IViR), Students

João Pedro Quintais

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR)

Naomi Appelman

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR)

Ronan Fahy

University of Amsterdam

Ilaria Buri

Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam

Marlene Straub

University of Oxford - University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, Students; Verfassungsblog

Date Written: March 10, 2023

Abstract

The Digital Services Act was finally published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27 October 2022. This publication marks the end of a years-long drafting and negotiation process, and opens a new chapter: that of its enforcement, practicable access to justice, and potential to set global precedents. The Act has been portrayed as Europe’s new „Digital Constitution“, which affirms the primacy of democratic rulemaking over the private transnational ordering mechanisms of Big Tech. With it, the European Union aims once again to set a global standard in the regulation of the digital environment. But will the Digital Services Act be able to live up to its expectations, and under what conditions?

Keywords: Digital Services Act, Online Platforms, Content Moderation, Fundamental Rights, Big Tech, Platform Governance, Platform Regulation, Brussels effect, Targeted Advertising, Intermediary liability

Suggested Citation

van Hoboken, Joris V. J. and van Hoboken, Joris V. J. and van Hoboken, Joris V. J. and Quintais, João Pedro and Appelman, Naomi and Fahy, Ronan and Buri, Ilaria and Straub, Marlene, Putting the Digital Services Act Into Practice: Enforcement, Access to Justice, and Global Implications (March 10, 2023). Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 13, 2023, Institute for Information Law Research Paper No. 03, 2023, Verfassungsbooks. https://doi.org/10.17176/20230208-093135-0., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4384266

Joris V. J. Van Hoboken

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Law, Science, Technology & Society Research Group ( email )

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University of Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law (IViR), Students ( email )

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João Pedro Quintais (Contact Author)

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR) ( email )

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Naomi Appelman

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR) ( email )

Rokin 84
Amsterdam, 1012 KX
Netherlands

Ronan Fahy

University of Amsterdam ( email )

Spui 21
Amsterdam, 1018 WB
Netherlands

Ilaria Buri

Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam ( email )

Spui 21
Amsterdam, 1018 WB
Netherlands

Marlene Straub

University of Oxford - University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, Students ( email )

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United Kingdom

Verfassungsblog ( email )

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