The EU’s Proposed Digital Services Act: New Obligations and Sanctions for Online Platforms

Proposal for the Digital Services Act - The long-awaited update to the e-Commerce Directive proposes new obligations for online platforms and changes to the ‘safe harbours’ from liability for infringing content. On 15 December 2020, the European Commission released its proposal for a regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (the Digital Services Act, or DSA) with the aim of amending parts of Directive 2000/31/EC (the e-Commerce Directive) while maintaining its core principles. The...
By: Latham & Watkins LLP

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