Access Now 15 December 2020 | 9:08 am
Today, December 15, the European Commission launched a legislative reform that holds the promise of systemic regulation of large online platforms, and consists of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act. Access Now’s initial assessment focuses on the DSA, and highlights key issues that will affect human rights in the EU and beyond.
Access Now has been advocating for a human rights-based and user-centric regulation that will establish clear responsibilities for large online platforms with strong enforcement mechanisms that can hold them to account.
“Access Now is glad to see that the protection of users’ fundamental rights is one of the main aims of the draft Regulation. We haven’t won the war yet, but noting the protection of human rights as a driving force behind the DSA is certainly a victory in a decisive battle,”
The European Commission will today (15 December) unveil a broad set of regulatory measures clamping down on global digital giants, as part of two landmark texts that will overhaul the operation of the platform economy in the EU.
As part of the Digital Services Act (DSA), a draft of which has been obtained by EURACTIV, platforms will face the prospect of billions of euros in fines unless they abide by new rules across fields including advertising transparency, illegal content removal, and data access.
The Digital Markets Act, meanwhile, will put forward a series of ex-ante prohibitions as well as introduce a ‘market investigation tool’ to detect anticompetitive behaviour across the platform economy.
by eub2 last modified 15 December 2020
The European Commission proposed on 15 December reform a comprehensive set of new rules for digital services, including social media, online market places, and other online platforms that operate in the European Union: the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act.
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What is the Digital Services Act?
The Digital Services Act (DSA) regulates the obligations of digital
services that act as intermediaries in their role of connecting
consumers with goods, services, and content.
It will give better protection to consumers and to fundamental rights online, establish a powerful transparency and accountability framework
for online platforms and lead to fairer and more open digital markets.
The EU Commission has published their New Rules for Digital Platforms in the form of the Digital Services & Digital Market Acts
Earlier today Patently Apple posted a report titled The EU is ready to set new Rules to curb the Power of U.S. Tech Giants and Gatekeepers like Apple, Google & Others. The EU has now released their press release on this issue and is presented in full below. All emphasis found below has been added by Patently Apple.
The segment that is likely to impact Apple most could be found under the segment titled
Digital Markets Act wherein the act addresses the negative consequences arising from certain behaviors by platforms acting as digital gatekeepers to the single market.
Wat is de wet inzake digitale diensten?
De wet inzake digitale diensten regelt de verplichtingen van digitale diensten die als tussenpersoon consumenten met goederen, diensten en inhoud in contact brengen.
De wet zal de consumenten en de grondrechten online beter beschermen, een krachtig kader voor transparantie en verantwoordingsplicht voor onlineplatforms tot stand brengen en tot eerlijkere en meer open digitale markten leiden.
De nieuwe regels zijn geharmoniseerd in de hele EU en rechtstreeks toepasselijk. Daardoor wordt het gemakkelijker om grensoverschrijdende digitale innovatie aan te bieden en zullen alle burgers in de EU hetzelfde beschermingsniveau genieten. De wet omvat onder meer: