Tag: digital services act
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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 Amazon DSA Designation Appeal: the General Court Rejects Amazon’s Broad Fundamental-Rights Challenge
The last few months have seen a series of Digital Services Act (DSA) judgments by the General Court (GC) of the European Union, the first three of which were examined in an earlier blog post. The latest in this series of judgments, handed down on 19 November 2025, is Amazon EU v Commission (Case T-367/23),…
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Why is ex ante regulation of systemic online platforms needed on top of competition law?
One of the hottest issues on the agenda of the European Commission with respect to Europe’s Digital Future relates to whether certain online platforms – generally referred to as “gatekeepers” or “systemic platforms” – should be subject to ex ante regulation designed to control their market power and ensure the contestability of digital markets. Speaking before the European Parliament’s Internal Market…