The EU Digital Services Act

Abstract The EU Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act, the ‘DSA’) is a comprehensive legal framework to regulate digital services and to tackle illegal activity online across the EU. The DSA represents one of the main pillars of the EU’s reform of the digital single market. It applies horizontally to online intermediaries operating in the EU, including online platforms such as social media, video-sharing platforms, online marketplaces, and search engines. This book serves as a reference work on the DSA, providing a comprehensive article-by-article analysis that will allow the reader to navigate the provisions of this new, complex legal act. While being novel, the DSA does not enter a completely unchartered territory: numerous provisions draw inspiration from, or are applied together with, the provisions of other Acts and areas of EU law. The book explores the jurisprudential origins of the provisions of the DSA and their articulation with other EU Acts, which will be essential for its interpretation and application. It strikes a balance between a practical commentary and an academic analysis, and it is aimed at legal practitioners, academics, and public authorities.