Author: Mattijs Baneke
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Meta, Scam Ads and the Shrinking Scope of the Hosting Exemption under Article 6 DSA
1. Introduction A shocking figure surfaced last year: according to internal documents unearthed by Reuters, Meta projected that 10% of its annual revenue, roughly $16 billion, came from running advertising for scams and illegal goods. Each day, Meta exposes users to approximately 15 billion scam ads. However, Meta does little to combat this: even though…
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When Hosting Becomes Doing: The Narrowing of the Platform Liability Exemption from the e-Commerce Directive to the DSA
Three recent CJEU judgments, Russmedia, Coyote System and AGCOM v Google Ireland, significantly narrow the hosting-liability exemption that platforms have long relied on. This blog explains what the rulings mean for platform operators under the DSA’s Articles 6 and 8, and where tensions remain with VLOP due-diligence duties.
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The Bits of Freedom ruling: the first step in private DSA enforcement
With the Digital Services Act (DSA) entering into force on 17 February 2024, it was only a matter of time before private parties began to exercise their rights in civil courts. On 2 October 2025, the Amsterdam District Court delivered the first judgment in a private claim brought under the DSA.[1] In this case BoF,…