Tag: DSA
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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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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,…
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Reform of Regulation 1/2003 and access to the file: is the DMA/DSA approach helpful?
The answer to the question posed in the title is simple: “No”. This note explains the reasons why. Access to the file after the adoption of a Statement of Objections (SO) in EU competition law enforcement procedures is a time consuming and painful process for all involved. It is, however, an essential way to ensure…